Aucouturier, Dugoua & Cie ADB.60 biplane

[Apophenia]

...
ALE means, Aviation Légère Economique
ADB means, Société Aucouturier Dugoua et Cie ...

Despite the ONERA entry, ADB wasn't a short form for Aucouturier, Dugoua et Cie. It was a designation style. The listing on page 43 mistakenly lists Constructeur as "A.D.B." and the Modèle as "60". They are, of course, referring to the ADB 60 (based on its 60 cv Salmson radial rating).

Since an alternative designation for the ADB 60 biplane tourer was AD 1, I presume that the 'B' was the designers initial. The firm is sometimes listed as Aucouturier, Dugoua & Cie (Leopoldoff) while it produced the Leopoldoff L.3 Colibri light biplane trainers.

I suspect that 'Aviation Légère Économique' is not a corporate name but, rather, a general description of the E.20 type tested in the wind tunnel.

BTW, for the J.V.5., I believe that "à flotteurs repliables refers to retractable floats.

 

[hesham]

ALE means, Aviation Légère Economique
ADB means, Société Aucouturier Dugoua et Cie

but what was J.V. and SFAM ?.

The ADB.60 was a biplane with equal wings, positive offset, fins on both
plans, compensated steering flap and trihedral train.

 

[Apophenia]

From L'Aérophile , mars 1938, pp 65-66

BTW: No need to translate 'décalage' or 'ailerons', both work fine in English. On the other hand, 'plans' should be wings.

 

[hesham]

Despite the ONERA entry, ADB wasn't a short form for Aucouturier, Dugoua et Cie. It was a designation style. The listing on page 43 mistakenly lists Constructeur as "A.D.B." and the Modèle as "60". They are, of course, referring to the ADB 60 (based on its 60 cv Salmson radial rating).

Since an alternative designation for the ADB 60 biplane tourer was AD 1, I presume that the 'B' was the designers initial. The firm is sometimes listed as Aucouturier, Dugoua & Cie (Leopoldoff) while it produced the Leopoldoff L.3 Colibri light biplane trainers.

I suspect that 'Aviation Légère Économique' is not a corporate name but, rather, a general description of the E.20 type tested in the wind tunnel.

BTW, for the J.V.5., I believe that "à flotteurs repliables refers to retractable floats.

Hi,

https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bd6t5333304k/f77.image.r=Aucouturier Dugoua avion?rk=128756;0

 

[Stargazer]

Since an alternative designation for the ADB 60 biplane tourer was AD 1, I presume that the 'B' was the designers initial.

I have another explanation: it was a 60hp Aucouturier-Dugoua Biplane, hence the ADB.60 designation.

I suspect that 'Aviation Légère Économique' is not a corporate name but, rather, a general description of the E.20 type tested in the wind tunnel.

I would tend to think the contrary: a short-lived corporate entity (but this needs confirmation of course).

BTW, for the J.V.5., I believe that "à flotteurs repliables refers to retractable floats.

You're right. The word "repliable" means "foldable" or "retractable".

 

[Stargazer]

Here is a slightly better quality copy of the item shared earlier by Apophenia: