Levy-Gaillat

   The strange Levy-Gaillat machine was still being worked on in 1908; no information is available as to its further history. A 20 hp de Dion-Bouton driving a tractor propeller was fitted into the front of the short fuselage, the whole engine arranged to turn right or left, presumably for directional control. The machine sat on a 4-wheel undercarriage. A monoplane wing with no dihedral and a flat airfoil sat on top of the fuselage; immediately above was pivoted a large rectangular flat surface: changing its angle of attack was meant to control pitch.

   (Span: 6.5 m; wing chord: 2 m; wing area: 43 sqm; gross weight: 650 kg; 20 hp de Dion-Bouton)