In 1907 Gabriel Voisin and his brother, Charles, designed the first planes to fly in France. Charles was killed in a car in 1912, but Gabriel continued to build planes, eventually producing over 10,000 aircraft. After 1919, Voisin shifted from planes to cars. Most had Knight-licensed sleeve-valve engines. Approximately 20,000 cars were built and less than 100 survive. Most featured aluminum bodies and were scrapped during World War II. This model features a body by J. Rothschild and Son of Paris, called a 'Berline Transformable.'Source - AACA Museum
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