The Abraham Iris was a two-seat touring airplane produced in

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in the early 1930s in two slightly different versions, the Iris I with a 75 kW (100 hp)

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, and the Iris II with a

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engine. The Iris was a conventional

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with a neatly faired-in engine.

Specifications (Iris II)

References

External links

* {{cite magazine , title=L'avion léger Abraham "Iris I" , magazine=Les Ailes , date=29 May 1930 , volume=10 , issue=467 , page=3 , url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6553734x/f3.item , access-date=15 June 2020 , language=fr , format=pdf