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Tag Archives: Rene Couzinet

COUZINET 10—A SHORT TALE, A LENGTHY PROJECT

I BEGAN MY JUST COMPLETED GMAX PROJECT, THE COUZINET 10, on January 13, 2025. Fabrication of other aircraft (for example, the Consolidated PBY Catalina, the Kalilin K-12) and reporting about … Continue reading

August 11, 2025 · Leave a comment

AIRBOATS—REAL AND VIRTUAL

ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL did more than patent the first practical telephone in 1876 (not to say later giving actor Don Ameche such an iconic movie role that the device was … Continue reading

August 6, 2016 · Leave a comment

RENÉ COUZINET, AIRCRAFT DESIGNER

FRENCH AIRCRAFT designer René Couzinet was only 23 when, in 1928, he devised a three-engine low-wing monoplane specifically for transatlantic mail service. The effort was an early example of crowd-funding, … Continue reading

October 9, 2013 · 2 Comments