The Castaibert series of

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aeroplanes were designed and built by Pablo (Paul) Castaibert, a Frenchman living in

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, in the years before and during

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. His designs were inspired by aircraft he had seen in

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.Biographical and design information
from Argentine aeromodellers' website (in Spanish) retrieved 2007-10-17. Pablo Castaibert

Variants

* Castaibert I – Built in 1910, not capable of flight. * Castaibert II – Built in 1911. * Castaibert III – Built in 1912. * Castaibert IV – Built in 1913. Four delivered to the Escuela Militar de Aeronáutica in

Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

.''Air International'' August 1990, p.66 * Castaibert V – Built in 1914. One delivered to Uruguay. * Castaibert VI – Built in 1915. * Castaibert VII – Built in 1915.

Operators

Argentine Air Force "Argentine Wings" , mascot = , anniversaries = 10 August (anniversary) 1 May (Baptism of fire during the Falklands War) , equipment = 139 aircraft , equipment_label = , battles = * Operation Independence * Operation Soberanía * Falklan ...

Uruguayan Air Force The Uruguayan Air Force ( es, Fuerza Aérea Uruguaya, abbreviated FAU) is the air service branch of the Armed Forces of Uruguay. Originally created as part of the National Army of Uruguay, the Air Force was established as a separate branch on Dec ...

References

Notes

Bibliography

* Bell, Dana ed. ''The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Directory of Airplanes, Their Designers and Manufacturers''. Smithsonian Institution. * "Shoestring Top Cover...The Uruguayan Air Force". ''

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'', Vol. 39 No. 2, August 1990. pp. 65–73.

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