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Avions Amiot
Avions Amiot was a former France, French aircraft manufacturer. The company was formed in 1916 by Félix Amiot as the Society of Mechanical Drawing and Construction (SECM). History Félix Amiot's first aircraft was built in a Paris garage in 1913, but it was not until 1916, during the First World War, that he became seriously involved in construction. The Minister of Defence (France), Minister of Defence granted a contract to SECM (), owned by the Wertheimer brothers, Paul and Pierre, together with Félix Amiot. SECM and Amiot functioned as sub-contractors and assemblers only, and did not produce their own designs. After the war, SECM and Amiot constructed light aircraft. In 1929 the company made a large sum of money selling its interest in the Lorraine-Dietrich engine company to the government. In 1934, controversially, the Lorraine company, then known as SGA, was sold to Amiot-SECM and Marcel Dassault, Marcel Bloch for a fraction of the price the government had paid five years ...
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Constructions Mécaniques De Normandie
Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie (CMN) is a French shipyard located at Cherbourg. It employs approximately four hundred employees covering the various specialities required for the construction of luxury yachts and warships. Since its foundation in 1945, the shipyard has delivered over 350 vessels. It is part of the holding company, Abu Dhabi MAR, which is steered by the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. History The shipyard was founded in 1945 by the French aircraft constructor, Félix Amiot in Cherbourg, France. The first vessel built by CMN was a wooden trawler which was launched on 23 June 1948 and soon diversified its products to minesweeperss, coast guard vessels, fishing boats, barges, patrol boats and fast attack crafts. In the 1960s, the shipyard specialized in building vessels with the CMN patented "glued laminated wood technique", especially the minesweepers for the French and German navies. One of its major minesweeper series was the well-known s (the first one was ...
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Marseilles
Marseille (; ; see below) is a city in southern France, the prefecture of the department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the Provence region, it is located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, near the mouth of the Rhône river. Marseille is the second-most populous city proper in France, after Paris, with 873,076 inhabitants in 2021. Marseille with its suburbs and exurbs create the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis, with a population of 1,911,311 at the 2021 census. Founded by Greek settlers from Phocaea, Marseille is the oldest city in France, as well as one of Europe's oldest continuously inhabited settlements. It was known to the ancient Greeks as '' Massalia'' and to Romans as ''Massilia''. Marseille has been a trading port since ancient times. In particular, it experienced a considerable commercial boom during the colonial period and especially during the 19th century, becoming a prosperous industrial and tradi ...
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Vehicle Manufacturing Companies Disestablished In 1945
A vehicle () is a machine designed for self-propulsion, usually to transport people, cargo, or both. The term "vehicle" typically refers to land vehicles such as human-powered vehicles (e.g. bicycles, tricycles, velomobiles), animal-powered transports (e.g. horse-drawn carriages/wagons, ox carts, dog sleds), motor vehicles (e.g. motorcycles, cars, trucks, buses, mobility scooters) and railed vehicles (trains, trams and monorails), but more broadly also includes cable transport ( cable cars and elevators), watercraft (ships, boats and underwater vehicles), amphibious vehicles (e.g. screw-propelled vehicles, hovercraft, seaplanes), aircraft (airplanes, helicopters, gliders and aerostats) and space vehicles (spacecraft, spaceplanes and launch vehicles). This article primarily concerns the more ubiquitous land vehicles, which can be broadly classified by the type of contact interface with the ground: wheels, tracks, rails or skis, as well as the non-contact technologies such a ...
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Vehicle Manufacturing Companies Established In 1916
A vehicle () is a machine designed for self-propulsion, usually to transport people, cargo, or both. The term "vehicle" typically refers to land vehicles such as human-powered vehicles (e.g. bicycles, tricycles, velomobiles), animal-powered transports (e.g. horse-drawn carriages/wagons, ox carts, dog sleds), motor vehicles (e.g. motorcycles, cars, trucks, buses, mobility scooters) and railed vehicles (trains, trams and monorails), but more broadly also includes cable transport ( cable cars and elevators), watercraft (ships, boats and underwater vehicles), amphibious vehicles (e.g. screw-propelled vehicles, hovercraft, seaplanes), aircraft (airplanes, helicopters, gliders and aerostats) and space vehicles (spacecraft, spaceplanes and launch vehicles). This article primarily concerns the more ubiquitous land vehicles, which can be broadly classified by the type of contact interface with the ground: wheels, tracks, rails or skis, as well as the non-contact technologies ...
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History Of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some theorists categorize history as a social science, while others see it as part of the humanities or consider it a hybrid discipline. Similar debates surround the purpose of history—for example, whether its main aim is theoretical, to uncover the truth, or practical, to learn lessons from the past. In a more general sense, the term ''history'' refers not to an academic field but to the past itself, times in the past, or to individual texts about the past. Historical research relies on primary and secondary sources to reconstruct past events and validate interpretations. Source criticism is used to evaluate these sources, assessing their authenticity, content, and reliability. Historians strive to integrate the perspectives of several sources to develop a ...
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Defunct Aircraft Manufacturers Of France
Defunct may refer to: * ''Defunct'' (video game), 2014 * Zombie process or defunct process, in Unix-like operating systems See also * * :Former entities * End-of-life product * Obsolescence Obsolescence is the process of becoming antiquated, out of date, old-fashioned, no longer in general use, or no longer useful, or the condition of being in such a state. When used in a biological sense, it means imperfect or rudimentary when comp ...
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Amiot Aircraft
Amiot may refer to: People * Félix Amiot (1894–1974), French aircraft designer and shipbuilding * Jean Joseph Marie Amiot (1718–1793), French Jesuit missionary to China * Jean-Claude Amiot (born 1939), French composer * Mathieu Amiot ( 1629–1688), Sieur de Villeneuve, interpreter and seigneur in New France * Maurice Amiot (1932–1961), French soldier * Paul Amiot (1886–1979), French actor * Pierre Amiot (1781–1839), farmer, businessman and political figure in Lower Canada * Amiot Métayer (died 2003), gang leader in Haiti Other * Avions Amiot, the aviation company named for Félix Amiot, and the products of this company including: ** The Amiot 110 ** The Amiot 120 series ** The Amiot 143 ** The Amiot 354 The Amiot 354 was the last in a series of fast, twin-engine bombers which fought with the List of aircraft of the French Air Force during World War II, French Air Force in limited numbers during the Battle of France. Development In August 1 ...
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Amiot 120
The Amiot 120 was a family of single-engine biplane bomber aircraft designed and produced by the France, French aircraft manufacturer Avions Amiot, SECM-Amiot. The Amiot 120 was designed during the early to mid-1920s. As a result of a design to incorporate a high proportion of metal in its construction, years of detailed studies and testing, overseen by French officials, were conducted in advance of the detailed design phase. During 1925, the ''Amiot 120 BN2'' performed its maiden flight, however, orders were not immediately forthcoming. Further development of the type proceeded throughout the latter half of the 1920s. During this time, the prototype ''Amiot 122'' was used as a long-distance sports aircraft, carrying out a 10,800 km tour around the Mediterranean Sea. The only series-built variant was ''Amiot 122 BP3'' medium bomber, the majority being acquired by the French Air Force. The ''Amiot 123'' was a long-distance variant that achieved record-breaking performance dur ...
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Amiot 110S
Amiot may refer to: People * Félix Amiot (1894–1974), French aircraft designer and shipbuilding * Jean Joseph Marie Amiot (1718–1793), French Jesuit missionary to China * Jean-Claude Amiot (born 1939), French composer * Mathieu Amiot ( 1629–1688), Sieur de Villeneuve, interpreter and seigneur in New France * Maurice Amiot (1932–1961), French soldier * Paul Amiot (1886–1979), French actor * Pierre Amiot (1781–1839), farmer, businessman and political figure in Lower Canada * Amiot Métayer (died 2003), gang leader in Haiti Other * Avions Amiot, the aviation company named for Félix Amiot, and the products of this company including: ** The Amiot 110 ** The Amiot 120 series ** The Amiot 143 ** The Amiot 354 The Amiot 354 was the last in a series of fast, twin-engine bombers which fought with the List of aircraft of the French Air Force during World War II, French Air Force in limited numbers during the Battle of France. Development In August 1 ...
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Amiot 110
The Amiot 110, also known as the Amiot-SECM 110, was a French prototype interceptor designed and built in 1929. Development The Amiot 110 was designed as a contender in the so-called "Jockey" lightweight interceptor contest, competing against nine other types. It was a braced parasol wing monoplane with an all-metal structure and metal skinned fuselage. The first prototype had a fabric covered wing, replaced by metal skinning in the second. It had fixed, conventional landing gear; the stub wing behind the gear was part of a jettisonable fuel tank. Operational history It first flew in June 1928 and looked a promising candidate to win the "Jockey" contest. However it crashed on 1 July 1929, killing the pilot due to several loose rivets and integrity flaws. No further production went ahead after a second prototype was deemed inferior to the Nieuport-Delage NiD 62. Specifications References {{Amiot aircraft 1920s French fighter aircraft 110 110 may refer to: *110 (number ...
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Junkers Ju 52
The Junkers Ju 52/3m (nicknamed ''Tante Ju'' ("Aunt Ju") and ''Iron Annie'') is a transport aircraft that was designed and manufactured by German aviation company Junkers. First introduced during 1930 as a civilian airliner, it was adapted into a military transport aircraft by Germany's Nazi regime, who exercised power over the company for its war efforts, over the objections of the company's founder Hugo Junkers. Development of the Ju 52 commenced in the late 1920s, headed by German aeronautical engineer Ernst Zindel. The aircraft's design incorporated a corrugated duralumin metal skin as a strengthening measure, which was a material design pioneered by Junkers and used on many of their aircraft, including the popular Junkers F 13 1920s, the record-setting Junkers W 33, and Junkers W34. The corrugation was both a strength and a weakness; it provided increased structural strength but also increased aerodynamic drag. But more importantly it allowed the practical use of alum ...
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Junkers (Aircraft)
Junkers Flugzeug- und Motorenwerke AG (JFM, earlier JCO or JKO in World War I, English language, English: Junkers Aircraft and Motor Works) more commonly Junkers , was a major German aircraft manufacturer, aircraft and aircraft engine manufacturer. It was founded in Dessau, Germany, in 1895 by Hugo Junkers, initially manufacturing boilers and radiator (heating), radiators. During World War I and following the war, the company became famous for its pioneering all-metal aircraft. During World War II the company produced the Luftwaffe, German air force's planes, as well as piston engine, piston and jet engine, jet aircraft engines, albeit in the absence of its founder who had been removed by the Nazis in 1934. History Early inter-war period In the immediate post-war era, Junkers used their J8 layout as the basis for the F-13, first flown on 25 June 1919 and certified airworthy in July of the same year. This four passenger monoplane was the world's first all-metal airliner. Of ...
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