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The Antoinette VI was an early
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aircraft, flown in 1909. It was a development of the
Antoinette IV
The Antoinette IV was an early French monoplane.
Design and development
The Antoinette IV was a high-wing aircraft with a fuselage of extremely narrow triangular cross-section and a cruciform tail. Power was provided by a V8 engine of Léon Lev ...
, its major technological advance being that it was fitted with true
aileron
An aileron (French for "little wing" or "fin") is a hinged flight control surface usually forming part of the trailing edge of each wing of a fixed-wing aircraft. Ailerons are used in pairs to control the aircraft in roll (or movement around ...
s, whereas the former aircraft had ailerons mounted as separate surfaces on the trailing edges of the wings. Nevertheless, Levavasseur was not satisfied with this innovation and later modified the aircraft to use a wing warping system similar to that fitted to the
Antoinette V
The Antoinette V was an early France, French aircraft, first flown on 20 December 1908.
Design
Following closely to the winning formula that Levavasseur had introduced, the Antoinette V introduced a revised undercarriage, with a closely spaced ...
.
See also
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The Gastambide-Mengin monoplane (later Gastambide-Mengin I, Gastambide-Mengin II and Antoinette II) was an early French experimental aircraft designed by Léon Levavasseur, and was the first aircraft built by the Antoinette company. T ...
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Antoinette III
Tha Antoinette III was a pioneer aircraft developed in France during 1908.
Development
After the limited success of the Gastambide-Mengin monoplane Levavasseur completely revised the design resulting in the Antoinette III. The inadequate roll c ...
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Antoinette IV
The Antoinette IV was an early French monoplane.
Design and development
The Antoinette IV was a high-wing aircraft with a fuselage of extremely narrow triangular cross-section and a cruciform tail. Power was provided by a V8 engine of Léon Lev ...
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Antoinette V
The Antoinette V was an early France, French aircraft, first flown on 20 December 1908.
Design
Following closely to the winning formula that Levavasseur had introduced, the Antoinette V introduced a revised undercarriage, with a closely spaced ...
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Antoinette VII
The Antoinette VII was an early French aircraft, flown in 1909.
History
The VII was a further development of the Antoinette IV, with increased engine power and using a wing warping system implemented by Levavasseur for the Antoinette V in plac ...
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Antoinette military monoplane
The Antoinette military monoplane, also known as the Antoinette Monobloc or the Antoinette-Latham was an early 3-seat monoplane built in France in 1911 by the Antoinette company in the hope of attracting orders from the French military. It featu ...
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Fedor Ivanovich Bylinkin Fedor Ivanovich Bylinkin was an aircraft designer and builder in Russia before World War I. He designed and built a monoplane in 1910 similar to the Antoinette VI which succeeded in reaching 200 m of flight. A later biplane design proved a failure ...
, designer of a similar aircraft, 1910
References
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* ''World Aircraft Information Files.'' Brightstar Publishing: London. File 889 Sheet 63.
Hubert Latham: Windkiller
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