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Deperdussin monocoque

As you say, a mass of contradictory information here: but there seemto have actually been two types of Dep monocoques, th 1912 semi-minocoque, gnerally described as a monocoque by contemporary souces, which is characterised by7 flatteded fulselage sides (there are photos of this at the 1912 Aero show in Paris & the circulr-section true monocoque of 1913.TheLongTone (talk) 10:53, 28 January 2012 (UTC)