L.Opdyke French Aeroplanes Before the Great War (Schiffer)
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Bastier
In 1911 Bastier was studying aviation at Juvisy with de Brageas and Sotinel; the following year he designed a biplane similar to the Goupy. It was finished in April 1912 and flown by Francpourmoi at Juvisy. The design featured deeply-curved staggered wings at a time when flat sections were generally in fashion, and a lifting-Bleriot-style tailplane with inset elevators. The wooden fuselage, as on the Bleriots, was covered only in the forward section.
(Spans: 10 m and 7 m; length: 9.5 m; total weight: 490 kg; 60 hp BJ 4-cylinder incline water-cooled motor)