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Antoinette (aviation manufacturer)

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Antoinette was a French maker of light petrol engines that also became a builder of aeroplanes in the pioneer years of flight before World War I. The business was based in Puteaux and operated between 1903 and 1912. It began as a private venture led by the engineer Leon Levavasseur and financed by Jules Gastambide, and the engines were named after Gastambide's daughter Antoinette. Levavasseur patented the V8 engine configuration, and Antoinette engines powered several pioneering aircraft, among them Santos-Dumont's 14-bis, Paul Cornu's helicopter and the Farman-Voisin biplane. The company was incorporated in 1906 with Louis Bleriot as vice-president until he left over its move into aircraft construction. Antoinette monoplanes flown by Hubert Latham set records, and the company ran a flying school at Chalons with one of the earliest flight simulators. Financial trouble followed the rejection of its military monoplane, and the company went bankrupt shortly afterward.

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Founded Year
1903 1
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Antoinette III, Vehicles
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Antoinette IV, Vehicles
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Antoinette military monoplane, Vehicles
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Antoinette V, Vehicles
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Antoinette VI, Vehicles
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Antoinette VII, Vehicles
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Antoinette VIII, Vehicles
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Gastambide-Mengin monoplane, Vehicles
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Antoinette was a French manufacturer of light petrol engines.

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Antoinette was a French manufacturer of light petrol engines.
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1. Grace's Guide: Antoinette (Grace's Guide)
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Antoinette was a short-lived (1903-1912) French manufacturer of advanced lightweight petrol engines.
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2. Antoinette (aviation manufacturer) (Wikipedia)
  • Turbulent times and the end of Antoinette
    The Antoinette company went bankrupt shortly afterward.
  • Lead, French manufacturer
    Antoinette was a French manufacturer of light petrol engines.
  • Part Of: Aviation, Lead, aviation
    Antoinette also became a pioneer-era builder of aeroplanes before World War I
  • In Group: Aircraft and Aerospace Manufacturers, Lead, manufacturer
    Antoinette was a French manufacturer of light petrol engines.
  • Has Vehicles: Antoinette III, Lead
    Antoinette also became a pioneer-era builder of aeroplanes before World War I, most notably the record-breaking monoplanes flown by Hubert Latham and René Labouchère.
  • Has Vehicles: Antoinette V, Lead
    Antoinette also became a pioneer-era builder of aeroplanes before World War I, most notably the record-breaking monoplanes flown by Hubert Latham and René Labouchère.
  • Has Vehicles: Antoinette VI, Lead
    Antoinette also became a pioneer-era builder of aeroplanes before World War I, most notably the record-breaking monoplanes flown by Hubert Latham and René Labouchère.
  • Has Vehicles: Antoinette VII, Lead
    Antoinette also became a pioneer-era builder of aeroplanes before World War I, most notably the record-breaking monoplanes flown by Hubert Latham and René Labouchère.
  • Has Vehicles: Antoinette IV, Aircraft promotion with Latham
    he won second prize in one aircraft (an Antoinette IV) and fifth prize in another (an Antoinette VII)
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Gastambide-Mengin monoplane (Wikipedia)
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was the first aircraft built by the Antoinette company
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Antoinette military monoplane (Wikipedia)
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built in France in 1911 by the Antoinette company
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Antoinette VIII (Wikipedia)
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It was one of a number of Antoinette designs flown at the Grande Semaine d'Aviation de la Champagne (Great Aviation Week in Champagne) in August 1909.
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