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Potez Aircraft
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 an improved version, the Potez SEA VII. History During the inter-war years, Potez built a range of small passenger aircraft and a series of military reconnaissance biplanes that were also licence-built in Poland. In 1933 in aviation, 1933, the firm bought flying boat manufacturer Chantiers Aéro-Maritimes de la Seine, CAMS. The company was nationalization, nationalized in 1936 in aviation, 1936, following which it was merged with Chantiers aéronavals Étienne Romano, Lioré et Olivier, Chantiers Aéro-Maritimes de la Seine, CAMS and Société Provençale de Constructions Aéronautiques, SPCA in order to form the SNCASE, Société nationale des constructions aéronautiques du Sud-Est (SNCASE) on 1 February 1937. Potez's factories in Sar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sud Aviation
Sud Aviation (, 'Southern Aviation') was a French state-owned aircraft manufacturer, originating in the merger of Sud-Est ( SNCASE, or ''Société nationale des constructions aéronautiques du sud-est'') and Sud-Ouest ( SNCASO or ''Société nationale des constructions aéronautiques du sud-ouest'') on 1 March 1957. Both companies had been formed from smaller privately owned corporations that had been nationalized into six regional design and manufacturing pools just prior to the Second World War. The company became a major manufacturer of helicopters, designing and producing several types which went on to be built in large numbers, including the Alouette II (the first production helicopter powered by a gas turbine engine; first flight in 1955), the Puma (1965) and Gazelle (1967). In 1967, an agreement between France and the United Kingdom arranged for joint production and procurement of the Puma and Gazelle, together with the British-manufactured Westland Lynx. Sud Aviation al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sartrouville
Sartrouville () is a communes of France, commune in the Yvelines departments of France, department, Île-de-France, north central France. it is located in the north-western suburbs of Paris, from the Kilometre Zero, center of Paris. Name In the Middle Ages the name Sartrouville was recorded in Medieval Latin as ''Sartoris Villa''. The origin and meaning of ''Sartoris Villa'' is still debated. Some think the name comes from the Roman Empire, Roman patronym ''Saturus'' (probably a Gallo-Roman landowner) and means "estate (''villa'') of Saturus". Others believe that the word ''sartoris'' comes from the Medieval Latin past participle ''exsartum'' ("cleared for cultivation"), from Latin ''sartum'' ("hoed"), and means "estate of the land-clearers", probably in reference to the deforestation that took place around Sartrouville in ancient history, Antiquity or in the Early Middle Ages to enable the cultivation of the land. History The Hôtel de Ville, Sartrouville, Hôtel de Ville was es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Potez IX
The Potez IX was an early airliner produced in France in the 1920s, a further development of the SEA IV that Henry Potez had co-designed during the First World War.Taylor 1989, p.747''The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft'', p.2760 Design and development The design mated an entirely new fuselage to the wing and tail structures of the earlier military aircraft."The Paris Aero Show 1921" 22 December 1921, p.841 This fuselage was very deep, nearly filling the interplane gap, and carried within it a fully enclosed cabin with seating for four passengers. The nose area was carefully streamlined with curved aluminium,"The Paris Aero Show 1921" 17 November 1921, p764/ref> but other aspects of the construction were conventional for the day; wooden structures skinned in plywood (the passenger cabin) or fabric (the rest of the aircraft)."The Paris Aero Show 1921" 22 December 1921, p.842 The pilot sat in an open cockpit aft of the cabin. The prototype flew in 1920,Stroud 1966, p. 176 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Potez VIII
The Potez VIII was a French training aircraft which first flew in 1920. Originally it had a very unusual vertical straight engine, inline engine and a four-wheeled landing gear, undercarriage, though the production version was more conventional. Design and development The Potez VIII as first displayed, unflown, at the 1919 Paris Salon was a conventional small, single engine aircraft of its time apart from a most unusual engine and an unconventional undercarriage. It was a biplane#Bays, single bay biplane with rectangular plan wings mounted without stagger (aviation), stagger but with marked dihedral (aircraft), dihedral and braced with pair of parallel, airfoil section interplane struts. A pair of inverted V cabane struts, parallel to each other, joined the central section of the upper wing to the upper fuselage longerons. There were ailerons on the upper wing only. The wings were duralumin two spar (aviation), spar structures with aircraft fabric covering, fabric covering. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Potez VII
The Potez SEA VII, otherwise known simply as the Potez VII, was an early airliner developed in France shortly after the First World War.Taylor 1989, p.750 Design and development The SEA VII was a civil version of the SEA IV military aircraft that Henry Potez had developed with Louis Coroller and Marcel Bloch as the Société d'Etudes Aéronautiques."The Paris Aero Show 1919", p.69 With the end of hostilities, the French military cancelled its orders for the SEA IV and the company dissolved. Potez, however, believed that the design had potential in peacetime and founded Aéroplanes Henry Potez in 1919 to refurbish war-surplus machines for civil use.Gunston 1993, p.243 This soon led to a revision of the design as the SEA VII. This differed from its predecessor in having an enclosed cabin for two passengers occupying the rear fuselage. The wings were enlarged to reduce their loading and therefore to allow for slower, gentler landings than the military aircraft had been capable o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967 In Aviation
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1967. Events * The Canadian Golden Centennaires aerobatic team is formed and performs all year to celebrate the Canadian Centennial year. * Boeing opens its biggest factory (largest building by volume), the Boeing Everett Factory, in Everett, Washington. * Pacific Air Lines launches a controversial marketing campaign devised by advertising executive and comedian Stan Freberg that highlights and spoofs passengers' fear of flying, including a full-page advertisement in the ''New York Times'' on April 28. Matthew E. McCarthy, Pacific's chief executive and biggest shareholder, explains the campaign by saying, "It's basically honest. We spoof the passengers' concern, but at least we admit they have it." Philip H. Dougherty, writing in the Business and Finance section of the May 1 edition of ''The New York Times'', describes the advertisements as "rather shocking". After stockholders raise objection to the unorthodox campa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sud-Aviation
Sud Aviation (, 'Southern Aviation') was a French state-owned aircraft manufacturer, originating in the merger of Sud-Est (SNCASE, or ''Société nationale des constructions aéronautiques du sud-est'') and Sud-Ouest (SNCASO or ''Société nationale des constructions aéronautiques du sud-ouest'') on 1 March 1957. Both companies had been formed from smaller privately owned corporations that had been nationalized into six regional design and manufacturing pools just prior to the Second World War. The company became a major manufacturer of helicopters, designing and producing several types which went on to be built in large numbers, including the Alouette II (the first production helicopter powered by a gas turbine engine; first flight in 1955), the Puma (1965) and Gazelle (1967). In 1967, an agreement between France and the United Kingdom arranged for joint production and procurement of the Puma and Gazelle, together with the British-manufactured Westland Lynx. Sud Aviation also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Potez 840
The Potez 840 was a 1960s French four-engined 18-passenger executive monoplane, the last aircraft to use the Potez name. Development The Potez 840 was an all-metal cantilever-wing monoplane with a retractable tricycle landing gear. It had a crew of three and a cabin for 18 passengers. It was powered by four 440 shp (328 kW) Turbomeca Astazou II turboprop engines. The prototype first flew on 29 April 1961; a second aircraft flew in June 1962 and had more powerful 600 shp (447 kW) Turbomeca Astazou XII engines. The second prototype carried out a sales tour of North America and it was planned to build a batch of 25 aircraft for Chicago-based Turbo Flight Inc. but only two more prototype aircraft were built, one for static testing. The next two aircraft were designated the Potez 841 and were powered by 550 shp (417 kW) Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-6 turboprop engines. Another two modified Astazou-powered aircraft were produced, one in 1965 and one in 1967. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fouga
Fouga (also known as Air Fouga) was a French manufacturing company established by Gaston Fouga at Béziers during 1920. Originally specialising in the repair of railway rolling stock, the firm eventually became most noted for the aircraft it produced from its woodworking facilities at Aire-sur-l'Adour. The most successful product to be created by Fouga was the CM.170 Magister, a postwar jet-powered military trainer aircraft derived from the firm's experiences with sailplanes. Many of its features, such as its slender tapering wings, reflecting the company's sailplane heritage. During May 1958, Fouga was acquired by rival French aircraft manufacturer Potez; the company's former facilities at Toulouse continue to produce aircraft as a part of the multinational Airbus Group. History During 1920, the company was established by Gaston Fouga; from the onset, it was based at the town of Béziers in the Occitanie region of Southern France. Initially, Fouga's operations centred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1958 In Aviation
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1958. Events * For the first time, the total of transatlantic passengers carried by air this year exceeded the total carried by sea. * Gulfstream Aerospace was founded in Savannah, Georgia, United States. * The Argentine Navy acquired its first aircraft carrier by purchasing HMS ''Warrior'' from the United Kingdom. * The Brazilian Navy acquired aircraft of its own for the first time since the 1941 creation of the Brazilian Air Force, purchasing two Bell 47-J and three Westland Widgeon helicopters. January * January 1 **During a revolt against Venezuelan President Marcos Pérez Jiménez, rebel Venezuelan Air Force de Havilland Venom, de Havilland Vampire, and F-86 Sabre aircraft attacked Miraflores Palace, the defense ministry, and other military targets in the Caracas area. **As a cost-saving measure, the United States Air Force (USAF) inactivated the Eighteenth Air Force and reassigned its forces to the Twelfth Air Force. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argenteuil
Argenteuil () is a Communes of France, commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre Zero, center of Paris. Argenteuil is a Subprefectures in France, sub-prefecture of the Val-d'Oise Departments of France, department, the seat of the arrondissement of Argenteuil. Argenteuil is part of the Métropole du Grand Paris. Argenteuil is the fourth most populous commune in the suburbs of Paris (after Boulogne-Billancourt, Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Saint-Denis, and Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, Montreuil) and the most populous one in the Val-d'Oise department, although it is not its prefecture, which is shared between the communes of Cergy and Pontoise. Argenteuil shares borders with communes in 3 departements others than ''Val d'Oise'' : the Yvelines, Hauts-de-Seine, and Seine-Saint-Denis departements. Name The name Argenteuil is recorded for the first time in a royal charter of 697 as ''Argentoialum'', from a Latin/Gaulish root ''argento'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks in World War II, Tanks and Air warfare of World War II, aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the List of wars by death toll, deadliest conflict in history, causing World War II casualties, the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Allied-occupied Germany, Germany, Allied-occupied Austria, Austria, Occupation of Japan, Japan, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
