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Antoinette IV

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French Antoinette IV - 1908

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Lavavasseur Antoinette

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Peter Fardell - Antoinette IV - F4D - flight 2 (----)

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The Execution of Marie Antoinette - The French Revolution

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Antoinette’s Story: Amazing Recovery After Near-Fatal Allergic Reaction

The Antoinette IV was an early French monoplane. It was a high-wing aircraft with a fuselage of extremely narrow triangular cross-section and a cruciform tail. Power was provided by a V8 engine of Léon Levavasseur's own design driving a paddle-bladed tractor propeller. Lateral control was at first effected with large triangular, and shortly afterwards trapezoidal-planform ailerons hinged to the trailing edge of the wings, although wing-warping was substituted at an early stage in flight trials, and in this type proved more effective.
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