[CR] Fwd: Aquila and Flying Dutchman frames - missing link

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Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 17:42:17 -0400
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Subject: [CR] Fwd: Aquila and Flying Dutchman frames - missing link

Missing link to bikeforums DOH! :

http://www.bikeforums.net/archive/index.php/t-232675.html

-----Original Message----- From: verktyg@aol.com To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Sent: Mon, Aug 3, 2009 2:38 pm Subject: Aquila and Flying Dutchman frames from The Big Wheel in Denver

I found this comment in a Bikeforums.net thread from 2006 in reference to Flying Dutchman bikes:

"According to his daughter Yvonne he started in the early 70's with the Aquila house brand name, Yvonne couldn't recall an exact date. The Aquila frames were built in France at the Gitane factory, same thing with the Flying Dutchman frames Jack later brought into the US, they too were made in France at the same factory."

Gitane made Royal Asport and a few other brands of bikes but is anyone aware of an Aquila or Flying Dutchman connection to Gitane?

Chas. Colerich
Oakland, CA USA