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Страна: Франция

Год: 1913

J.Davilla, A.Soltan French Aircraft of the First World War (Flying Machines)

Vendome Monoplane

  Raul Vendome produced several airplanes before the First World War. These were:
   1. Vendome 1.
   2. Vendome 2 - biplane.
   3. Vendome 3 - monoplane with 50-hp Anzani engine.
   4. Raoul-Vendome 2 - monoplane with 50-hp Anzani engine.
   5. Odier-Vendome - biplane with Turcot-Mery engine.
   6. Vendome 4 - monoplane with 50-hp Anzani engine.
   7. Vendome 5 - same as 4 but with altered tail surfaces.
   8. Vendome 6 - monoplane with 25-hp Anzani engine.
   9. 1911 monoplane with 50-hp Viale.
   10. 1911 military monoplane.
  An armored version of the Vendome was evaluated by the military in 1914. The aircraft had a good climb rate, good visibility, and could be disassembled for easy transport.
  A Vendome 1914 monoplane was in service with the Aviation Militaire in August 1915. It used wing warping for control and had a 60-hp Le Rhone rotary covered with a horseshoe cowling, a spindly undercarriage, and a thin fuselage with the extreme tail section uncovered as in the Bleriot 11. The Vendome was assigned to a front-line escadrille but had been withdrawn by February 1916.
  Although the Vendome monoplane saw only limited service with the Aviation Militaire, it was used by the Spanish air service from 1914 through 1917. The first was taken to Spain by Salvador Hedilla in 1914. The Aviacion Militar ordered six copies built by the Pujol, Comabella, and Cia firm. These machines are believed to have been sent to the Escuela Catalana in early 1917. Some had 60-hp Le Rhone engines; others may have been fitted with 80-hp Gnomes. They remained in service so long because of the difficulty in obtaining more modern equipment from the Allies during the first few years of the war.


Vendome Monoplane with 60-hp Le Rhone
   Span 9.47 m; length 5.85 m; height 2.64 m

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  • J.Davilla, A.Soltan French Aircraft of the First World War (Flying Machines)
  • L.Opdyke French Aeroplanes Before the Great War (Schiffer)
  • Журнал Flight
  • Журнал - Flight за 1914 г.

    Gibert's monoplane after his landing on the roof of some sheds near Paris. Note how, under the circumstances, comparatively little damage of any sort was done, either to the building or the machine.