| Voisin VII | |
|---|---|
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| Role | Reconnaissance |
| Manufacturer | Voisin |
| Designer | Gabriel Voisin |
| First flight | 1916 |
| Introduction | 1916 |
| Primary user | Aéronautique Militaire |
| Number built | 100 |
| Developed from | Voisin V |
| Developed into | Voisin VIII |
The Voisin VII was a French reconnaissance pusher biplane aircraft of World War I.
The Voisin VII was a biplane with a single engine in a pusher configuration, developed by Voisin in 1916 as an enlarged Voisin V with the engine cooling radiators moved to the nose. However, the Voisin VII was underpowered, even with improvements over its predecessor. [1]
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