Gourdou-Leseurre was a French aircraft manufacturer whose founders were Charles Edouard Pierre Gourdou and Jean Adolphe Leseurre.
History Engineers Jean Leseurre and his brother-in-law Charles Gourdou founded the Établissements Gourdou-Leseurre in Saint Maur-des-Fossés, southeast of Paris in 1921. The factory assembled military aircraft under license, such as the Breguet 14, until Gourdou and Leseurre began building their own aircraft as main designers.
Between 1925 and 1928, Gourdou-Leseurre was taken over by the Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire shipyard, together with Loire and Loire-Nieuport. The aircraft produced at that time by the Gourdou-Leseurre company were known as 'Loire-Gourdou', carrying the LGL denomination instead of GL.
In the 1930s strong disagreements developed between Charles Gourdou and Jean Adolphe Leseurre. This eventually led to a break-up of their professional relationship and the demise of the company in 1934.
Aircraft The company was active until 1934, producing mostly light military aircraft and seaplanes. Gourdou-Leseurre Type A Gourdou-Leseurre Type B Gourdou-Leseurre GL.21 Gourdou-Leseurre GL.22 Gourdou-Leseurre GL.23 Gourdou-Leseurre GL.30 Gourdou-Leseurre GL.31 Gourdou-Leseurre LGL.32 Gourdou-Leseurre GL-33 Gourdou-Leseurre GL-341 Gourdou-Leseurre GL-351 Gourdou-Leseurre GL-40 Gourdou-Leseurre GL-430 Gourdou-Leseurre GL-432 Gourdou-Leseurre GL-450 Gourdou-Leseurre GL-482 Gourdou-Leseurre GL-50 Gourdou-Leseurre GL-51 Gourdou-Leseurre GL-521 Gourdou-Leseurre GL-633 Gourdou-Leseurre GL-810 HY Gourdou-Leseurre GL-811 HY Gourdou-Leseurre GL-812 HY Gourdou-Leseurre GL-813 HY Gourdou-Leseurre GL-820 HY Gourdou-Leseurre GL-821 HY Gourdou-Leseurre GL-821 HY 02 Gourdou-Leseurre GL-831 HY Gourdou-Leseurre GL-832 HY
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Jérôme Cavalli, pilote d'essais du constructeur aéronautique Gourdou Leseurre