Charles Fauvel 1904-1979

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French flying wings

About the same time the Horten brothers were experimenting with their flying wing design, and still years before Messerschmitt introduced the Me.163 Komet, a Frenchman named Charles Fauvel was also conducting experiments with his own flying wing designs. I recently came across this website a while ago and it is very intersting. Apparently, some of his designs are still flying.

Biography:
Charles Fauvel and his flying wings

Fauvel aircraft, the AV-2 and AV-3 being his earliest designs from 1932-33:
Charles Fauvel and his Flying Wings


YouTube vid showing the AV-36 flying:
YouTube - Fauvel AV-36 C1

The same in RC kit form:
YouTube - Fauvel AV36

[HoHun]

Hi Arsenal,

>About the same time the Horten brothers were experimenting with their flying wing design, and still years before Messerschmitt introduced the Me.163 Komet, a Frenchman named Charles Fauvel was also conducting experiments with his own flying wing designs.

Here is a shot of the Fauvel AV36 preserved at the Deutsches Museum, Flugwerft Oberschleißheim ...

Regards,

Henning (HoHun)

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Very nice Hohun, thanks for sharing!