Castaibert aircraft
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The Castaibert series of monoplane aeroplanes were designed and built by Pablo (Paul) Castaibert, a Frenchman living in Argentina, in the years before and during World War I.[http://www.efn.uncor.edu/dep/aero/icas.htm Argentine aviation history page] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080811053939/http://www.efn.uncor.edu/dep/aero/icas.htm |date=2008-08-11 }} retrieved 2007-10-17. His designs were inspired by aircraft he had seen in France.[https://archive.today/20110531171857/http://www.zonamilitar.com.ar/foros/showthread.php?t=571 Biographical and design information] from Argentine military Message Board (in Spanish) retrieved 2007-10-17. Some of the information is incorrect.[http://e-aeromodelismo.com.ar/Notas/castaibert/index.htm Biographical and design information] from Argentine aeromodellers' website (in Spanish) retrieved 2007-10-17.
Variants
- Castaibert I – Built in 1910, not capable of flight.
- Castaibert II – Built in 1911.
- Castaibert III – Built in 1912.
- Castaibert IV – Built in 1913. Four delivered to the Escuela Militar de Aeronáutica in Uruguay.{{cite web|title=Uruguayan Air Force |url=http://fau.gub.uy/default2.asp?vid=lineatiempo |accessdate=17 October 2014 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070606205810/http://fau.gub.uy/default2.asp?vid=lineatiempo |archivedate=June 6, 2007 }}Air International August 1990, p.66
- Castaibert V – Built in 1914. One delivered to Uruguay.
- Castaibert VI – Built in 1915.
- Castaibert VII – Built in 1915.
Operators
See also
References
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= Bibliography =
- Bell, Dana ed. The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Directory of Airplanes, Their Designers and Manufacturers. Smithsonian Institution. {{ISBN|1-85367-490-7}}
- "Shoestring Top Cover...The Uruguayan Air Force". Air International, Vol. 39 No. 2, August 1990. pp. 65–73.
External links
- [http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?aircraft_genericsearch=&airlinesearch=&countrysearch=&specialsearch=&daterange=&keywords=castaibert&range=&sort_order=&page_limit=15&thumbnails=&calccount=1219118&truecount=false&engine_version=6.0 Airliners.net photo of a Castaibert aeroplane].
- (spanish) [http://www.pilotoviejo.com/castaibertpage.htm History and pictures of the Castaibert III/912 in service with the Urugyayan Air Force]
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Category:1910s Argentine aircraft
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