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In 1906, the brothers Gabriel and Charles Voisin created Avions Voisin, which dealt with the production and sale of fighter planes during World War I in Issy-les-Moulineaux on the outskirts of Paris. Their planes were highly innovative for the time, being built entirely of aluminum, allowing the Voisin brothers to gain experience with lightweight alloys.
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