Antoinette
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The Antoinette was a short-lived French automobile manufactured by a builder of airplanes and aircraft engines between 1906 and 1908. The company, based in Puteaux, showed a car with a 32hp V-8 engine and hydraulic clutches instead of a gearbox and differential at the 1906 Paris Salon; the next year, a 16hp four and a 30hp V-8 were also offered.
A 50 hp Antoinette engine powered the first airplane to take off under its own power and fly for 100 meters, the Santos-Dumont 14-bis, in 1906.
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- Antoinette monoplane (French)
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