L.Opdyke French Aeroplanes Before the Great War (Schiffer)
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Kluytmans
The big Kluytmans biplane was built by Voisin and appeared at Reims in the summer of 1909: it had features of the Wright, but bigger. A biplane front elevator was mounted with curved struts onto the leading edges of the wings; 2 wheels and a skid fitted with a front roller resembled the undercarriage of the first version of the Antoinette IV. The engine, probably an Antoinette with its copper-tube radiator, was on the lower wing to the right of the pilot, driving twin pusher propellers, and a second seat was attached on the center-line. The 2 curved rudders rested on a single castering tailwheel.