A History of French Propellers/Heliciers Francais

[John Wagenseil]

Probably more than you wanted to know about a very obscure topic.

http://www.hydroretro.net/etudegh/heliciersfrancais.pdf

[cbg]

hey John,
this post is interesting! my french sucks, but i have enough working knowledge to give your link a read-through.

Aerophile S.A. (link here) combines french engineering and german manufacturing know-how to produce these successful balloons. that's my commercial. . . i do have great respect for French engineering and design. remember: France led the world in aviation from 1904 to 1914.

my day job is driving and maintaining this hélice-less french flying machine:
cbg