High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Dorand AR.1 was a 1910s French two-seat observation biplane aircraft used by the French Air Force, Serbian Aviation, and the American Expeditionary Force. Designed by Captain Georges Lepere of French Army Aircraft Establishment to replace the archaic Farman F.40 pusher aircraft, Dorand AR-series were two-seater reconnaissance biplanes that were named after the F.A.A.E's director, Lt. Col. Dorand. They were characterized by backward-staggered three-bay wings and highly angular all-moving tail surfaces. The pilot sat beneath the leading edge of the upper wing, with the observer's cockpit being under the trailing edge respectively, and there were cut-outs in both wings to improve the latter's visibility. Rather unusually for a single-engine tractor biplane of the era, the lower wing was not directly attached to the fuselage, instead being somewhat below it, supported by struts.

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