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    Léon Levavasseur (8 January 1863 – 26 February 1922) was a French powerplant engineer, aircraft designer and inventor. His innovations included the V8...
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  • France Léon Levavasseur (1863–1922), inventor and aviation engineer Léon René Levavasseur (1860-1942), artillery officer and creator of the Levavasseur project...
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    simulators. Antoinette began as a private venture led by the engineer Léon Levavasseur and financed by Jules Gastambide, who owned an electricity generating...
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    produced in 1903, in the form of the Antoinette engine designed by Léon Levavasseur for racing boats and airplanes. The first V12 engine was produced the...
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    Airplanes of Léon Levavasseur, pp. 27ff. King, Stephen H., The Passion That Left The Ground: The Remarkable Airplanes of Léon Levavasseur, p. 61. Flight...
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    Antoinette II) was an early French experimental aircraft designed by Léon Levavasseur, and was the first aircraft built by the Antoinette company. The name...
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    engines, including: 1907 prototype designed by Antoinette engineer Léon Levavasseur.[citation needed] Duesenberg developed a V16 engine for use in military...
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    models. The first engine of V8 configuration was developed in 1904 by Léon Levavasseur in France and used for speedboat racing. Rolls-Royce premiered the...
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    configuration. The first known V8 was the Antoinette, designed by Léon Levavasseur, and built in 1904 by the French Antoinette company for use in speedboat...
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    The Levavasseur project was an early project for a tank designed in 1903 by the French Captain Léon René Levavasseur (1860-1942) of the 6th Artillery Battalion...
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