Goupy Type A
Role	Experimental aircraft Type of aircraft
National origin	France
Designer	Ambroise Goupy
Introduction	1912
Number built	Unknown

The Goupy Type A was a staggered biplane designed by Ambroise Goupy in the early 1910s.

Design

The Goupy Type A was a staggered biplane.^[1] The similar Goupy Type AA was powered by an Anzani engine.^[1]

Specifications

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1913^[2]

General characteristics

Crew: 1
Length: 7.50 m (24 ft 7 in)
Wingspan: 8 m (26 ft 3 in)
Wing area: 45 m² (480 sq ft)
Empty weight: 300 kg (661 lb)
Gross weight: 450 kg (992 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Gnome 7 Omega 7-cylinder air-cooled rotary piston engine, 37 kW (50 hp)

Performance

^ ^a ^b Opdycke, Leonard E. (1999). French Aeroplanes before the Great War. Atglen: Schiffer Publishing Limited. pp. 141-143. ISBN 0-7643-0752-5.
^ Jane, Fred T., ed. (1969). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1913 (Facsimile ed.). Newton Abbott: David & Charles. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-7153-4388-3.

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