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Voisin
Voisin was a French aircraft manufacturing company, one of the first in the world. It was established in 1906 by Gabriel Voisin and his brother Charles, and was continued by Gabriel after Charles died in an automobile accident in 1912; the full official company name then became ''Société Anonyme des Aéroplanes G. Voisin''〔〔Gunston, 1993, says the full name was "Aéroplanes G. Voisin". On the other hand the avions-voisin.org webpage specifies the name as "Société Aéroplanes Voisin, Société Anonyme".〕 ((英語: Aeroplanes Voisin public limited company)). It created Europe's first manned, heavier-than-air powered aircraft capable of a sustained (1 km), circular, controlled flight, including take-off and landing, the Voisin-Farman I. On 28 December 1909, French aviator M. Albert Kimmerling made the first manned, heavier-than-air powered flight in South Africa or even Africa in a Voisin 1907 biplane.〔http://www.sapfa.org.za/history/1910-1920-early-flying-south-africa 1910 to 1920 - Early Flying in South Africa〕
During World War I, it was a major producer of military aircraft, notably the Voisin III. After the war Gabriel Voisin abandoned the aviation industry, and set up a company to design and produce luxury automobiles, called Avions Voisin.
==Background==
Gabriel Voisin had been employed by Ernest Archdeacon to work on the construction of gliders and then entered into partnership with Louis Blériot, to form the company ''Ateliers d' Aviation Edouard Surcouf, Blériot et Voisin'' in 1905.〔 Gabriel Voisin bought out Blériot and on 5 November 1906 established the ''Appareils d'Aviation Les Frères Voisin'' with his brother Charles 〔 ((英語:Flying Machines of Voisin Brothers)). The company, based in the Parisian suburb of Billancourt, was the first commercial aircraft factory in the world.〔Davilla & Soltan, p. 541〕
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