Établissements d'Aérostation Militaire Français de Chalais-Meudon (1916b)
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Georges Lepère, then a French Army captain designed 2-seat observation biplane to requirements of the French Army's Section Technique de l'Aéronautique for replacement for the Farman F.40 pusher; craft named AR.1 after the Section's director, Col. Jean-Baptiste-Émile Dorand. Flight testing was completed autumn 1916 after two production versions and a variant of each were built at the STAe factory at Chalais-Meudon. The craft was used in combat by French and U.S. Expeditionary forces and were later used by the Serbian military. Production appears to have stopped in 1918.
Sources
- http://hydroretro.net/edudegh/errements_3e_republique.pdf ; http://www.carnetdevol.org/aerostation/aviation.htm ; WDRA
- Gunston, 1993, p100
- Gunston, 2005, p130
- SD195
| Organization names | l'Etablissement(s) d'Aerostation Militaire Francais de Chalais-Meudon, created 1874; within that, Laboratoire de Recherches de lAeronautique Militaire de Chalais-Meudon, established 1901. In 1916, the Section Technique de l"Aeronautique (STAe) was created as a part of Chalais-Meudon. |
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| Entity type | |
| Country | France |
| City | French Army Aerostation at Chalais-Meudon |
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| Started aero | Lepere, 1916 |
| Ended aero | Lepere, 1918 |
| Keywords | 2 |
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