Castaibert aircraft

The Castaibert series of monoplane aeroplanes were designed and built by Pablo (Paul) Castaibert, a Frenchman living in Argentina, in the years before and during World War I. His designs were inspired by aircraft he had seen in France.

Variants

Castaibert I – Built in 1910, not capable of flight.
Castaibert II – Built in 1911.
Castaibert III – Built in 1912.
Castaibert IV – Built in 1913. Four delivered to the Escuela Militar de Aviación in Uruguay.
Castaibert V – Built in 1914. One delivered to Uruguay.
Castaibert VI – Built in 1915.
Castaibert VII – Built in 1915.

Operators

References

Notes

↑ Argentine aviation history page Archived 2008-08-11 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 2007-10-17.
↑ Biographical and design information^{[link removed]} from Argentine military Message Board (in Spanish) retrieved 2007-10-17. Some of the information is incorrect.
↑ Biographical and design information from Argentine aeromodellers' website (in Spanish) retrieved 2007-10-17.
↑ "Uruguayan Air Force". Archived from the original on June 6, 2007. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
1 2 Air International August 1990, p.66

Bibliography

Bell, Dana ed. The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Directory of Airplanes, Their Designers and Manufacturers. Smithsonian Institution. ISBN 1-85367-490-7
"Shoestring Top Cover...The Uruguayan Air Force". Air International, Vol. 39 No. 2, August 1990. pp. 65–73.

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[1] Argentine aviation history page Archived 2008-08-11 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 2007-10-17.

[2] Biographical and design information^{[link removed]} from Argentine military Message Board (in Spanish) retrieved 2007-10-17. Some of the information is incorrect.

[3] Biographical and design information from Argentine aeromodellers' website (in Spanish) retrieved 2007-10-17.

[archiveUAF-4] "Uruguayan Air Force". Archived from the original on June 6, 2007. Retrieved 17 October 2014.

[aiaug90p66-5] 1 2 Air International August 1990, p.66