L.Opdyke French Aeroplanes Before the Great War (Schiffer)
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Chedeville
Georges Chedeville's first flight aboard a machine of his own design was recorded in 1909 at Flers, in Normandy. The monoplane is said to have flown 350 m at a very low level. It had built-in ailerons, a front elevator, and a fixed triangular tailplane. 2 long skids were part of the fuselage, the whole structure of hollow wooden struts.
(Span and length: 12 m; 35 hp Benegent)
On 29 March 1911 Chedeville started testing a new monoplane similar to the Demoiselle, with wing-warping but with a rectangular fuselage and a smoothly faired bathtub nacelle mounted between the wheels; the 60 hp water-cooled V8 was mounted at the level of the leading edge, along with its radiator.