The usual method of construction of an aircraft's fuselage at this time was to use a wire braced box-girder covered in fabric.

[5] The shells were then removed from the formers, internal fittings added and the two halves glued together and covered in fabric.

Deperdussin entered three aircraft for the 1913 race, which was held as part of the week-long aviation meeting at Rheims in September 1913.

Prévost, Eugène Gilbert and Rost were selected in elimination trials to decide the three pilots who would form the French team.

[citation needed] An example is on display in the French Air and Space Museum at Le Bourget, near Paris.