Powered by a 50 hp Gnôme; the “Torpedo” was designed by Victor Tatin with Luis Paulhan being a sponsor of its 1911 construction.

 

 

The Aero-Torpille sported arched wings, a streamlined monocoque fuselage with a Gnome rotary engine buried within, its power delivered to a tail-mounted pusher propeller by a lengthy shaft.

 

 

Tatin testing a model with Gustav Eiffel at the right

 

Testing a model of the Tatin-Paulhan 'Aéro-Torpille'