Deperdussin Coupe Schneider
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TypeRacer
Designer
First flight1913
| Deperdussin Coupe Schneider | |
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_‘19’_(BAPC-136)_(26805524976).jpg) Full-size model of Coupe Schneider, built for Leisure Sport and initially displayed at Thorpe Park; later sold and currently on display at the Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, California (2016) | |
| General information | |
| Type | Racer |
| Manufacturer | Société Pour les Appareils Deperdussin (SPAD) |
| Designer | |
| History | |
| First flight | 1913 |
The Deperdussin Coupe Schneider was an early racing aircraft built in 1913 by the Aéroplanes Deperdussin, a French aircraft manufacturer started in 1911 and reorganized as the Société Pour L'Aviation et ses Dérivés (SPAD) in 1913. The aircraft is noted for winning the Schneider Trophy 1913.
The Deperdussin Coupe Schneider was a floatplane version of the Deperdussin Monocoque, and like the latter, had a mid-wing design and was of monocoque all-wood construction.
