| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | No Reg |
| Aircraft Original Type: | René Gasnier III |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | René Gasnier III |
| Aircraft Version: | René Gasnier III |
| C/n (msn): | None issued |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Angers - LoireMap |
| Country: | France |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: LFJR IATA: ANE Local: - Other: - |
| Collection: | Espace Air Passion |
| Photo Date: | 12 September 2018 |
| Photo by: | Peter Vercruijsse |
| Photo ID: | 198927 |
| Photo Comment |
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After the crash of his model II, only the 50hp Antoinette engine could be salvaged. That was used in the construction of a new model, the III. On 27-Sep-1908 it made its first flight, for a distance of 1500m. He continued testflying it for several months until his test field flooded. After his death in 1913 the plane was given to the City of Angers where it was kept under the vaults of the granary Saint-Jean where it was displayed until 1967. In 1986 the GPPA restored the aircraft for display in the Musée Régional de l'Air, renamed in 2013 Espace Air Passion. This photo is copyright © Peter Vercruijsse, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 28 December 2019, and has since been viewed 87 times. |