L.Opdyke French Aeroplanes Before the Great War (Schiffer)
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Bristol-Voisin: In 1911 the British Bristol firm commissioned an all-steel monoplane built by Voisin intended for the chairman of Bristols. Powered by a Gnome, it had a triangular-sectioned fuselage, a complex forward structure, 2-wheel undercarriage and tailskid. The rectangular wings had ailerons and corrugated upper surfaces, reminiscent of the later work which Professor Reissner, himself a Voisin purchaser, did with Hugo Junkers.
M.Goodall, A.Tagg British Aircraft before the Great War (Schiffer)
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BRISTOL VOISIN monoplane
The only record of this machine, which was designed and partly built by Voisin Freres, was an illustration and brief details in Flight of 19 August 1911 (p.727). It had been hoped to acquire a Zodiac monoplane for exhibition in March 1910 and although the report is much later, this may have been the machine, since Voisin had already been engaged as a consultant to work for Bristol. This machine is seldom featured in published records of Bristol aircraft.
Power: 70hp Gnome seven-cylinder air-cooled rotary.
Data
Span 36ft lin
Area 215 sq ft
Length 26ft 3in
Weight 882 lb