Levasseur-Abrial A-1
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The Levasseur-Abrial A-1 was a 1922 glider
issued from the collaboration between French aircraft designers Pierre Levasseur
and Georges Abrial
that was destroyed on it's fourth take-off.
Glider aircraft
Glider aircraft are heavier-than-air craft that are supported in flight by the dynamic reaction of the air against their lifting surfaces, and whose free flight does not depend on an engine. Mostly these types of aircraft are intended for routine operation without engines, though engine failure can...
issued from the collaboration between French aircraft designers Pierre Levasseur
Pierre Levasseur (aircraft builder)
Pierre Levasseur was a French aircraft manufacturer. He produced aircraft for the French Navy.François Denhaut was the chief pilot of Pierre Levasseur's flying school...
and Georges Abrial
Georges Abrial
Georges Abrial was an early French aerodynamicist. After graduating from the St Cyr Aeronautical Institute he worked for Levasseur and did some pioneering work into tailless aircraft...
that was destroyed on it's fourth take-off.
See also
- List of aircraft (0-A)#Abrial
- List of aircraft (I-M)#Levasseur