Castaibert aircraft

Series of aircraft
Castaibert IV 1913 monoplane

The Castaibert series of monoplane aeroplanes were designed and built by Pablo (Paul) Castaibert, a Frenchman living in Argentina, in the years before and during World War I.[1] His designs were inspired by aircraft he had seen in France.[2][3]

Pablo Castaibert

Variants

  • Castaibert I – Built in 1910, not capable of flight.
  • Castaibert II – Built in 1911.
  • Castaibert III – Built in 1912.
  • Castaibert IV – Built in 1913. Four delivered to the Escuela Militar de Aeronáutica in Uruguay.[4][5]
  • Castaibert V – Built in 1914. One delivered to Uruguay.[5]
  • Castaibert VI – Built in 1915.
  • Castaibert VII – Built in 1915.

Operators

  • Argentine Air Force
  • Uruguayan Air Force

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ Argentine aviation history page Archived 2008-08-11 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 2007-10-17.
  2. ^ Biographical and design information from Argentine military Message Board (in Spanish) retrieved 2007-10-17. Some of the information is incorrect.
  3. ^ Biographical and design information from Argentine aeromodellers' website (in Spanish) retrieved 2007-10-17.
  4. ^ "Uruguayan Air Force". Archived from the original on June 6, 2007. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  5. ^ a b Air International August 1990, p.66

Bibliography

  • Bell, Dana ed. The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Directory of Airplanes, Their Designers and Manufacturers. Smithsonian Institution. ISBN 1-85367-490-7
  • "Shoestring Top Cover...The Uruguayan Air Force". Air International, Vol. 39 No. 2, August 1990. pp. 65–73.

External links

  • Airliners.net photo of a Castaibert aeroplane.
  • (spanish) History and pictures of the Castaibert III/912 in service with the Urugyayan Air Force


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