04/15/2021. Remarks by Johan Visschedijk: "Formed by Jérôme Donnet and Henri Lévêque in July 1912, the Société des Hydroaéroplanes Donnet-Lévêque at the Ile de la Jetta (Jetta Island) in the Seine in Paris, France, built aircraft designed by flying boat pioneer François-Victor Denhaut.

(Johan Visschedijk Collection)

The Dansk Marinens Flyvevæsen (Danish Naval Air Service) ordered two examples of the Donnet-Lévêque Type A. Delivered in April 1913, they were initially named Maagen (Gull) and Ternen (Tern), but soon became the Maagen 1 and Maagen 2. Of wooden construction, covered with plywood and fabric, the two-seat flying boat were powered by an 80 hp Gnome seven-cylinder air-cooled rotary engine. They were used for reconnaissance and training.

(Johan Visschedijk Collection)

Maagen 1 crashed in 1914, the Maagen 2 was withdrawn from service in 1915, after falling off a pier at the naval air station in København (Copenhagen). In 1919 it was donated to the Historisk Teknisk Samling (Historical Technical Collection), now the Danmarks Tekniske Museum (Danish Museum of Science and Technology). It is on display at the present location of the museum in Helsingør (Elsinor)."