Career
He created the Dewoitine company along with Émile Dewoitine. Birkigt was nominated for the Carolina Engineer of the Century prize for the luxurious Hispano-Suiza H6 car in the 1920s.
He created the Dewoitine company along with Émile Dewoitine. Birkigt was nominated for the Carolina Engineer of the Century prize for the luxurious Hispano-Suiza H6 car in the 1920s.
He also won fame for the aircraft engines and guns he designed at Hispano-Suiza as chief engineer, including the liquid-cooled V8 engine that powered the famous French SPAD VII and SPAD XIII World War I fighters, and the British Sopwith Dolphin and S.E. 5a, the latter of which was considered to be the most effective military aircraft of World War I.
