| Voisin 1907 biplane | |
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| Henri Farman winning the Archdeacon Prize for the first closed-circuit kilometre flight in Europe | |
| Role | Experimental aircraft |
| National origin | France |
| Manufacturer | Frères Voisin |
| Designer | Gabriel Voisin |
| First flight | 30 March 1907 |
| Number built | ~60[1] |
The 1907 Voisin biplane (designated the Voisin II by the 1913 edition of Jane's All the World's Aircraft),[2] was Europe's first successful powered aircraft, designed by aeronautical engineer and manufacturer Gabriel Voisin. It was used by the French aviator Henri Farman[note 1] to make the first heavier-than-air flight lasting more than a minute in Europe, and also to make the first full circle.[3] The first examples of the aircraft were known by the name of their owners, for instance the Delagrange I, or the Henri Farman n°1.[4] Farman made many modifications to his aircraft, and these were incorporated into later production aircraft built by Voisin. The type enjoyed widespread success, and around sixty were built.
- ^ Opdycke (1999), p. 265
- ^ Jane All the World's Aircraft, 1913, p. 7d.
- ^ ""Voisin-Farman I." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2007. Encyclopædia Britannica Online". Retrieved 6 December 2007.
- ^ Les premiers Farman https://www.hydroretro.net/etudegh/premiersfarman.pdf
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