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This is the
Ferber Biplane No.IX also known as
Antoinette III.
It was built by Antoinette and later probably renamed by the company to fit in the chronology. I have the note Ferber joined Antoinette as a designer, though wiki tells he became director of the Antoinette company then.
Otherwise apart from the engine I haven't found many mentions of the Gastambide and Levasseur company in connection with this design.
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Ferbers known flights in his Aeroplane No.IX (9)
July 22, 1908 : At Brest, Ferber flew 10, 30, 50 and 120m.
July 25, 1908 : Flew 300m.
Sept 05, 1908 : Flew for 2 mins., and on the 19th, flew for 230m.
Sept 19, 1908 : Flew 500m. The machine was renamed the Antoinette III.
June 13, 1909 : At Juvisy in a Voisin, Ferber flew 5 km. in 5 mins. and 30s.
Sept 15, 1909 : At Boulogne, Ferber covered 9.65 km. in 9 mins. in a cross-country flight.
Sept 22, 1909 : At Boulogne, Ferber was killed when his machine overturned in rolling into a ditch preparatory to attempting a cross-channel flight.
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More can be found here:
The Pioneers : An Anthology : Captain (Louis) Ferdinand Ferber (1862- 1909)
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