Aériane is a Belgian engineering firm based in

Gembloux Gembloux (; ; ) is a municipality and city of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium. On 1 January 2006, the municipality had 21,964 inhabitants. The total area is 95.86 km2, yielding a population density of 229 inhabitants per ...

that manufactures aircraft and other structures from

composite material A composite or composite material (also composition material) is a material which is produced from two or more constituent materials. These constituent materials have notably dissimilar chemical or physical properties and are merged to create a ...

s. Currently concentrating on the

Aériane Swift The Aériane Swift is a lightweight (48 kg) foot-launched tailless sailplane whose rigid wings have a span of . The Swift has been succeeded by the "Swift'Lite". Although designed in California, Swift aircraft are now manufactured by Aéria ...

, they also built and supported the

Aviasud Sirocco The Aviasud Sirocco is a single-seat ultralight available in kit or fully assembled form and originally produced by Aviasud Engineering in 1983. It is of pod-and-boom design with tricycle undercarriage and pusher configuration. The fuselage is of ...

before this was taken over by Aero Consult Light Aircraft. The company also supports the

Aviasud Mistral The Aviasud Mistral is a French two-seat Ultralight aviation, ultralight biplane built by Aviasud Engineering. This plane is notable as it has forward swept wings and side-by-side seating. The lower wings are movable and are used as the roll cont ...

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Aircraft manufacturers of Belgium Belgian brands Gembloux Companies based in Namur (province) {{Belgium-company-stub