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Voisin HF.Ibis
Voisin (French for "neighbour") may refer to: Companies *Avions Voisin, the French automobile company :*Voisin Laboratoire, a car manufactured by Avions Voisin *Voisin (aircraft), the French aircraft manufacturer * Voisin, a Lyon-based chocolatier, owned by the Boucaud family, which manufactures Coussin de Lyon Buildings * Château de Voisins (Louveciennes), French palace People *André Voisin (1903-1964), French biochemist, farmer and author *André Voisin (chess player), André Voisin, French chess player *Adrien Voisin (1890–1979), American sculptor *Benjamin Voisin, (born 1996), French actor *Catherine Monvoisin, known as "La Voisin" (1640–1680), French sorceress during the reign of Louis XIV *Charles-Henri-Joseph Voisin (1887–1942), Belgian lawyer and colonial administrator. *Claire Voisin mathematician, algebraic geometer, and authority on the Hodge conjecture. *Daisy Voisin (1924–1991), born Alexandra Voisin, Parang singer and composer from Trinidad and T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avions Voisin
Avions Voisin was a French luxury automobile brand established by Gabriel Voisin in 1919 which traded until 1939. History Gabriel B. Voisin was an aviation pioneer and manufacturer who in 1919 started producing cars using Knight-type sleeve valve engines at Issy-les-Moulineaux, an industrial suburb to the southwest of Paris. Former student of the Fine Arts School of Lyon and enthusiast for all things mechanical since his childhood, Voisin's uncompromisingly individual designs made extensive use of light alloys, especially aluminum. One of the company's most striking early designs was the '' Voisin Laboratoire'' Grand Prix car of 1923; one of the first cars ever to use monocoque chassis construction, and utilising small radiator-mounted propeller to drive the cooling pump. The characteristic Voisin style of 'rational' coachwork he developed in conjunction with his collaborator André Noel. Noel prioritized lightness, central weight distribution, capacious luggage boxes an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
