L.Opdyke French Aeroplanes Before the Great War (Schiffer)
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Mazoyer
In St Etienne, near Lyon, Marius Mazoyer created the firm Metalloplan which offered spare parts and bearings for aeroplane builders. He specialized in metalwork, and also walnut propellers priced at only 125F. This low price angered his competitors and drew attention to his firm. He built one Metalloplan monoplane at the end of 1910; it was offered for sale at only 8000F, 1/3 the going price of the 25 hp Bleriot XI, "after a flight of 10 km in closed-circuit." It was flown early the next year by Burrel, and crashed, badly, on 10 January. The aircraft was very similar to the Bleriot XI, but with a double tailskid and 2 long trailing rectangular elevators.
(Wing area: 25 sqm; 25 hp Anzani)