The ''
S.A. des Chantiers aéronavals Étienne Romano'' (CAER) was an aircraft manufacturing company based in
Cannes
Cannes ( , , ; oc, Canas) is a city located on the French Riviera. It is a commune located in the Alpes-Maritimes department, and host city of the annual Cannes Film Festival, Midem, and Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. T ...
,
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...
.
[Cannes Aéro Spatial Patrimoine - Histoires extraordinaires: L’Établissement d'aerospatiale Cannes](_blank)
/ref> 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''
[archivesjournaux.ville-cannes.fr ''Le Littoral'', 18 August 1929 (1st part)](_blank)
(2d part)
/ref> on 16 August 1929. The factory was ideally located between the Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on the ...
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.
On 11 August 1936 the Romano company was nationalizedIl y a 75 ans, les nationalisations de l’aéronautique française
/ref> following which in 1937 it was merged with Lioré et Olivier
Lioré-et-Olivier was a French manufacturer of aircraft of the 20th century, founded in 1912 by Fernand Lioré and Henri Olivier.
History
The ''Société de Constructions Aéronautiques d'hydravions Lioré-et-Olivier'' had three factories, loca ...
, Potez
Potez (pronounced ) was a French aircraft manufacturer founded as Aéroplanes Henry Potez by Henry Potez at Aubervilliers in 1919 in aviation, 1919. The firm began by refurbishing war-surplus SEA IV aircraft, but was soon building new examples of ...
, CAMS and SPCA
A Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) is a common name for non-profit animal welfare organizations around the world. The oldest SPCA organization is the RSPCA, which was founded in England in 1824. SPCA organizations operate i ...
in order to form the Société nationale des constructions aéronautiques du Sud-Est (SNCASE) on 1 February 1937.
Aircraft
* R.3
* R.4
* R.5
* R.6
* R.15
* R.16
* R.80
* R.82
* R.83
* R.90
* R.92
* R.110
* R.120
References
External links
*
Étienne Romano
Aviastar - Romano Aircraft
Alcatel space à Cannes; Plus qu’une entreprise, une légende
Aero Journal Les Bimoteurs Romano
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chantiers aeronavals Etienne Romano
Companies based in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Romano