L.Opdyke French Aeroplanes Before the Great War (Schiffer)
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Guillaume
After working as one of Jean Legrand's pilots, Camille Guillaume de Mauriac experimented with parachute jumps. In 1913 he built a Bleriot XI copy, with an uncovered fuselage and a 3-cylinder Anzani. Some reports say the machine was built to test a new Dangy-Baillet parachute, but it is more likely that test was made by another pilot with another aircraft.
One of his more technical experiments was his modified Voisin, rebuilt with ailerons, an altered undercarriage with 2 pairs of trailing wheels, and 2-100 hp Gnomes, one driving the usual pusher prop, the other, in front, driving a tractor. 2 tiny wheels were set under the nose; perhaps de Mauriac feared a nose-over with his heavier engine installation.