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The Bernard 15 C1 or Bernard SIMB AB 15 was a 1920s
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single-seat
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designed and built by the
Société Industrielle des Métaux et du Bois (SIMB).
[Liron, pp. 181, 224] With the structural failure of the earlier
Bernard 14 the Bernard 15 was an improved variant with a greater span upper wing. It was powered by a
Hispano-Suiza 12Hb inline piston engine and had a fixed
tailskid landing gear. The performance was not an improvement on the
Bernard SIMB AB 14 and only the prototype was built.
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