Albert built T.E.1 piloted by Thoret participated in the French Light Plane Competition, Orly, in September 1928. He is ranked fifth.
Five TE-1 were built, with a 40hp Salmson 9-Ad. Some Albert planes crashed due to wing flutter—still rather unknown at the time and particularly affecting cantilever wings insufficiently rigid in torsion.
Bellanca acquired the license and planned to build it in the USA as “Baby Columbia,” but apparently the project failed. At least one TE-1 demonstrator must have reached the USA.
The Albert TE-1 parasol monoplane is the subject of an 8-page 1926 report (perhaps a NACA paper, though the source is identified as “CASI”) available from NASA’s archives, entitled: “Albert TE-1 training airplane.” Their online report server summarizes the abstract as: “The TE-1 is designed for the economical training of pilots and is a single seat parasol cantilever monoplane. It is nearly entirely made of wood, using a 40 HP. air-cooled Salmson A.D. 9 engine, and weighs 255 kg empty.” The report Document ID is 19930089227 and Accession ID is 93R18517 and Report Number is NACA-AC-23. The NASA notes say related information is found in L’Aeronautique, April, 1926. . “December, 1926.”.; and in NACA Aircraft Circular 23.
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