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Gabriel voisin was simply a genius. a brilliant engineer, he walked
his own road through the early twentieth century and was a significant
contributor to the birth of European aviation. He later went on to build
some of the most exquisite motor cars of the twenties and thirties, which
are most renowned for their outrageous art Deco styling.
In 1907, he built a practical airplane capable of leaving the ground
under its own power, and his avions voisin Company became the first
mass producer of aircraft in the world. The end of WWI brought a halt
to voisin’s aviation ventures, and after experimenting with motorized
bicycles and a light two-seater economy car, he decided to produce an
automobile that would be unrivalled for prestige, comfort, and speed.
voisin continued to build motor cars of distinction throughout the 1920s,
including a number of record-breaking competition models, but sales of
his cars suffered from the disastrous economic conditions as did those
of so many other manufacturers. Gabriel voisin eventually lost control to
his financiers, and his factory was sold to
engine manufacturer Gnome et Rhône.
although no longer engaged in motor
manufacture, voisin maintained his
interest in automobiles, setting up a design
consultancy, L’aéromécanique, in 1938.
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