Difference between revisions of "Gourdou and Leseurre"

From Inventing aviation
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(wikified)
(copyedits)
 
(4 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
Research in 1916 to reduce aircraft drag results in filing for a patent 9 January 1917 for parasol-winged fighter.  Prototype made for French [[Aviation Militare]] at propeller manufacturer [[Societe Wassmer]]; by 1919 WWI armistice, 20 improved fighters had been made for Aviation Militaire by [[Mayen and Zodiac]].  The partners then established their own factory at St. Maur les Fosses.
+
Partners were [[Charles Édouard Pierre Gourdou]] and [[Jean Adolfe Leseurre]].
  
Need to research other manufacturing firms listed in products description for possible inclusion; also such research would help establish location of the partners.
+
Research in 1916 to reduce aircraft drag results in filing for a patent 9 January 1917 for parasol-winged fighter. Prototype made for French [[Aviation Militare]] at propeller manufacturer [[Societe Wassmer]].  By 1919 WWI armistice, 20 improved fighters had been made for Aviation Militaire by [[Mayen and Zodiac]].  The partners then established their own factory at St. Maur les Fosses.
 
 
Partners were [[Charles Edouard Pierre Gourdou]] and [[Jean Adolfe Leseurre]].
 
  
 +
{{Standard company reports|Gourdou and Leseurre}}
 
=== Sources ===
 
=== Sources ===
* G131
+
* [[Gunston, 1993]], p131
* 2dG193
+
* [[Gunston, 2005]], p193
 
* SD139
 
* SD139
  
{{Organization
+
{{Company
|Organization names=Gourdou, Charles Edouard Pierre, and Leseurre, Jean Adolfe
+
|Names=Gourdou and Leseurre
|Entity type=1
 
 
|Country=France
 
|Country=France
|City=  
+
|City=St. Maur les Fosses
 
|Started aero=1916
 
|Started aero=1916
 
|Ended aero=1930s
 
|Ended aero=1930s
 +
|Key people=Charles Édouard Pierre Gourdou; Jean Adolfe Leseurre
 
}}
 
}}

Latest revision as of 16:53, 31 December 2019

Partners were Charles Édouard Pierre Gourdou and Jean Adolfe Leseurre.

Research in 1916 to reduce aircraft drag results in filing for a patent 9 January 1917 for parasol-winged fighter. Prototype made for French Aviation Militare at propeller manufacturer Societe Wassmer. By 1919 WWI armistice, 20 improved fighters had been made for Aviation Militaire by Mayen and Zodiac. The partners then established their own factory at St. Maur les Fosses.




Sources


Names Gourdou and Leseurre
Country France
City St. Maur les Fosses
Affiliations
Keywords
Started aero 1916
Ended aero 1930s
Key people Charles Édouard Pierre Gourdou, Jean Adolfe Leseurre
Wikidata id