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L'Aeroplane de Villotran
by Philippe Gervais
In 1902, Jules Gastambide funded a project to build a new engine and afterwards an aeroplane
to go with it; Levavasseur was to be the engineer. When the engine failed to develop its promised 100hp, Col Renard at
Chalais-Meudon lost interest in the operation, but Gastambide and Levavasseur continued the work anyway.
Who cares about the adjustment and tuning difficulties, who cares about the hesitation of the
military which had been called to help with the first attempt. One minute at 100 horsepower is quite enough for a flhying machine that
will not fly longer than a few seconds anyway.
Without waiting for the final tune-up adjustments, levavasseur starts to build an airplane,
monoplane type.
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