Deperdussin Racer
by Steve Ferguson
Title
Deperdussin Racer
Artist
Steve Ferguson
Medium
Painting - Watercolor On Hot Press Illustration Board
Description
Armand Deperdussin founded the Societe Pour les Appareils Deperdussin (SPAD) at the small town of Betheny, close to Reims, in 1910, and selected two brilliant engineers to oversee his aircraft design and production: Louis Bechereau and Andre Hebremont. By 1910, streamlining was already becoming a consideration, and Bechereau sought to create smooth skinned monocoque fuselages that were circular in section, lightweight and very strong. Engineering did not yet extend to cantilever wings or a retractable undercarriage, so the Deperdussin racer was amply braced with wires and struts. Installed with the amazing 160-horsepower Gnome rotary engine, it was a racing sensation, and became the fastest pre-World War I aircraft in the world.
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