Of similar configuration to the contemporary Bleriot, the Deperdussin Monoplane was a popular training school aircraft prior to WW1.
Three were entered in the 1912 War Office military trials at Salisbury Plain, two of them built in England. One, piloted by Prevost, won the second prize of £2,000. The type formed the first equipment of the Royal Flying Corp and the Naval Wing.
Constructor number 43 was built in 1910 and flies with the Shuttleworth collection in 2017.
Cole Palen scratch-built a Type A Deperdussin on display at Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome.
In 1911 Rene Vidart placed 3rd in the European Circuit with a Type A after winning two of the longest laps.
Engine: Anzani, 50 hp
Wingspan: 27.88 ft
Length: 21.32 ft
Max speed: 56 mph
Engine: Anzani, 80 hp
Wingspan: 28 ft 10.5 in
Length: 24 ft 11 in
AUW: 550 lb
Max speed: 65 km
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