Voisin (aircraft)

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Société Anonyme des Aéroplanes G. Voisin
IndustryAerospace
Founded1905
Fatedissolved
SuccessorAvions Voisin
HeadquartersBillancourt, Paris, France
Key people
Gabriel Voisin
Maurice Colieux
ProductsAircraft
Voisin-Farman 1 completing the first closed-circuit kilometer flight in Europe.

Aéroplanes Voisin was a French aircraft manufacturing company established in 1905 by Gabriel Voisin and his brother Charles, and was continued by Gabriel after Charles died in an automobile accident in 1912; the full official company name then became Société Anonyme des Aéroplanes G. Voisin[1][2][note 1] (English: Aeroplanes Voisin public limited company). During World War I, it was a major producer of military aircraft, notably the Voisin III. After the war Gabriel Voisin abandoned the aviation industry, and set up a company to design and produce luxury automobiles, called Avions Voisin.

  1. ^ Baldwin, Nick (1987). The World guide to automobile manufacturers. New York, N.Y.: Facts on File Publications. p. 508. ISBN 0-8160-1844-8.
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