Antoinette III

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designer=Ferdinand Ferber
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The Antoinette III (Originally, the Ferber IX) was an early experimental aircraft flown in France. It was based on designer Ferdinand Ferber's previous designs, and quite unlike other Antoinette aircraft. Its renaming occurred when Ferber became a director of the Antoinette company.

The Antoinette III was a two-bay biplane without a fuselage or any other enclosure for the pilot. A single elevator was carried on outriggers ahead of the aircraft, and a fixed fin and horizontal stabiliser behind. The undercarriage was of bicycle configuration and included small outriggers near the wingtips. Power was provided by an Antoinette V-8 driving a tractor propeller.

Between July and September 1908, Ferber made a series of ever-longer flights in the machine, the longest recorded being on 15 September when he covered 9.65 km (6 miles) in 9 minutes.

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References

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* "World Aircraft Information Files." Brightstar Publishing: London. File 889 Sheet 63.
* [http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/ferber.html The Pioneers:An Anthology]

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* Antoinette:
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II - III -
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V -
VI -
VII -
VIII

* Ferber:
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