Chantiers aéronavals Étienne Romano

Chantiers aéronavals Étienne Romano
Industry Aeronautics, defence
Fate Merged
Predecessor Chantiers aéronavals de la Méditerranée
Successor SNCASE
Founded 16 August 1929
Founder Étienne Romano & André Auniac
Defunct 11 August 1936
Headquarters Cannes, France
Products Aircraft

The S.A. des Chantiers aéronavals Étienne Romano (CAER) was an aircraft manufacturing company based in Cannes, France.[1] The predecessor company, Chantiers aéronavals de la Méditerranée had been founded by Étienne Romano in 1921.

History

André Auniac and Étienne Romano founded the SA des Chantiers aéronavals Étienne Romano [2] on 16 August 1929. The factory was ideally located between the Mediterranean Sea and a flat expanse of grassland where the planes could take-off and land. That field would become later Cannes – Mandelieu Airport. In 1931 the Romano factory became operational and full production started.[1]

On 11 August 1936 the Romano company was nationalized[3] following which in 1937 it was merged with Lioré et Olivier, Potez, CAMS and SPCA in order to form the Société nationale des constructions aéronautiques du Sud-Est (SNCASE) on 1 February 1937.[4]

Aircraft

References

  1. 1 2 Cannes Aéro Spatial Patrimoine - Histoires extraordinaires: L’Établissement d'aerospatiale Cannes
  2. archivesjournaux.ville-cannes.fr Le Littoral, 18 August 1929 (1st part) & (2d part)
  3. Il y a 75 ans, les nationalisations de l’aéronautique française
  4. Hartmann, Gérard (2005-01-05), Les réalisations de la SNCASE (PDF) (in French), retrieved 2009-07-15, Alors qu’on ne sait pas très clairement si les sociétés nationales sont des « usines de production de guerre » sans indépendance et sans bureau d'études, la SNCASE est officiellement formée le 1er février 1937.
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