Goupy Type A
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The Goupy Type A was a staggered biplane designed by Ambroise Goupy in the early 1910s.
Design
The Goupy Type A was a staggered biplane.{{cite book |last=Opdycke |first=Leonard E. |title=French Aeroplanes before the Great War |url=https://archive.org/details/frenchaeroplanes00opdy |url-access=limited |year=1999 |publisher=Schiffer Publishing Limited |location=Atglen |isbn=0-7643-0752-5 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/frenchaeroplanes00opdy/page/n139 141]-143|author-link=Leonard E. Opdycke}} The similar Goupy Type AA was powered by an Anzani engine.
Specifications
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|ref=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1913{{cite book |title=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1913 |editor1-last=Jane |editor1-first=Fred T. |publisher=David & Charles |location=Newton Abbott |year=1969 |edition=Facsimile |isbn=978-0-7153-4388-3 |page=95}}
|prime units?=met
|crew=1
|capacity=
|length m=7.50
|span m=8
|wing area sqm=45
|empty weight kg=300
|gross weight kg=450
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|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Gnome 7 Omega
|eng1 type=7-cylinder air-cooled rotary piston engine
|eng1 hp=50
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|max speed kmh=100
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References
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Category:1910s French experimental aircraft