Aerospace Engines A to Z
Aerospace Engines A to Z

Updated: 04-Jun-2025

The Bousson-Bornis airplane was powered by a 24 hp Turgan engine. The photograph shown below is from the collection of Edouard Chateau.

Turgan-engined airplane
"Turgan-engined airplane" (PiP)

-The curious story of the Sindicat de l'Aeronautique, which was the union of small manufacturers such as Girardot, Maas, Turgan, de Vogue, and Loisel. They built the motorized Archdeacon glider with a 16 hp Turgan engine with two opposed cylinders (flat-twin).

-The union would eventually be absorbed by the Astra company.

Engines of TURGAN

Model: 2 cyl. boxer 16 CV

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Model: 2 cyl. boxer 24 CV

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