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2 unusual facts about Paulhan-Tatin Aéro-Torpille No.1


Paulhan-Tatin Aéro-Torpille No.1

The Paulhan-Tatin Aéro-Torpille No.1, (also known as Paulhan-Tatin Aero Torpedo), was a French experimental aircraft built in 1911 as a collaboration between the famous pilot Louis Paulhan and Victor Tatin, a scientist who had experimented with various types of flying models and in 1879 had made the first model aircraft to take off under its own power.

The Aéro-Torpille No.1 created great interest during the 1911 Salon de l’Aéronautique, at the Grand Palais in Paris, due to its novel design and streamlined appearance, great care having been taken in the design to eliminate drag.


Jean Paulhan

Anna-Louise Milne, The Extreme In-Between: Jean Paulhan's Place in the Twentieth Century (Oxford: Legenda, 2006)

Marcel Moreau

He has been friends with such cultural figures as Roland Topor, Anaïs Nin, Jean Dubuffet and Jean Paulhan.

Paulhan biplane

The Paulhan biplane was a French experimental aircraft designed in 1910 by the successful aviator Louis Paulhan in collaboration with Henri Fabre.

Victor Tatin

In 1890 Tatin and Charles Richet experimented on a steam powered aeroplane with fore and aft propellors and in 1911 he collaborated with Louis Paulhan on the design of the Aéro-Torpille, a monoplane with a remarkably streamlined design.


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