Levavasseur Antoinette

1909


PIONEER AIRCRAFT	Virtual Aircraft Museum / France / Levavasseur

The Antoinette was one of the most striking French aircraft of the Pioneer Age. The elegant boat-shaped fuselage and the advanced fuel-injected eight-cylinder Antoinette engine showed the unconventional design thinking of Leon Levavasseur, a former artist.

On 19 July 1909 Hubert Latham tried to make the first aerial crossing of the English Channel with this Antoinette, but came down 13 km out.

Six days later Louis Bleriot's attempt succeeded.

Specification

CREW	1
ENGINE	1 x "Antoinette", 40kW
WEIGHTS
Empty weight	550 kg	1213 lb
DIMENSIONS
Wingspan	14.8 m	49 ft 7 in
Length	11.8 m	39 ft 9 in
Wing area	50.0 m²	538.20 sq ft

Comments

leo rudnicki, e-mail, 29.04.2009 04:22

Saw one fly at Reinbeck aerodrome. Tricky to fly with two sticks.

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