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SPAD
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First
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Military
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XIII |
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Formed by
Armand Deperdussin in 1910, early SPAD aircraft were known by
the Deperdussin name. Their innovative monocoque fuselage
aircraft won races and set world speed records in the pre-war years.
Taken over by Bleriot just before World War I,
SPAD is famous for the SPAD XIII fighter. |
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History |
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1910: Armand
Deperdussin forms the Societe Pour les Appareils Deperdussin (SPAD)
1913: Armand Deperdussin is arrested for
embezzlement. Louis Bleriot takes over the company and renames
it Societe Pour l'Aviation et ses Derives (still SPAD).
1921: SPAD is reorganized as part of Bleriot-Aeronautique |
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page updated 02 February 2003
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