Castaibert aircraft

Series of aircraft

Castaibert IV 1913 monoplane

The Castaibert series of monoplane aeroplanes were designed and built by Pablo (Paul) Castaibert, a Frenchman living in Argentina, in the years before and during World War I.^[1] His designs were inspired by aircraft he had seen in France.^[2][3]

Pablo Castaibert

Variants

• Castaibert I – Built in 1910, not capable of flight.
• Castaibert II – Built in 1911.
• Castaibert III – Built in 1912.
• Castaibert IV – Built in 1913. Four delivered to the Escuela Militar de Aeronáutica in Uruguay.^[4][5]
• Castaibert V – Built in 1914. One delivered to Uruguay.^[5]
• Castaibert VI – Built in 1915.
• Castaibert VII – Built in 1915.

Operators

• Argentine Air Force
• Uruguayan Air Force

See also

• Raúl Pateras Pescara
• IMPA Tu-Sa
• Tucán T-1

References

Notes

1. Argentine aviation history page Archived 2008-08-11 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 2007-10-17.
2. Biographical and design information from Argentine military Message Board (in Spanish) retrieved 2007-10-17. Some of the information is incorrect.
3. Biographical and design information from Argentine aeromodellers' website (in Spanish) retrieved 2007-10-17.
4. "Uruguayan Air Force". Archived from the original on June 6, 2007. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
5. Air International August 1990, p.66

Bibliography

• Bell, Dana ed. The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Directory of Airplanes, Their Designers and Manufacturers. Smithsonian Institution. ISBN 1-85367-490-7
• "Shoestring Top Cover...The Uruguayan Air Force". Air International, Vol. 39 No. 2, August 1990. pp. 65–73.

External links

• Airliners.net photo of a Castaibert aeroplane.
• (spanish) History and pictures of the Castaibert III/912 in service with the Urugyayan Air Force