''Société des Avions Bernard'' (french: Bernard Aircraft Company) was a French aircraft manufacturer of the early 20th century.
History
The company was founded in April 1917 by
Adolphe Bernard as Etablissements Adolphe Bernard to licence-built
SPAD fighters. Immediately after the war the company was reorganised as Société Industrielle des Métaux et du Bois ("SIMB") to cover a wider product range. It built no new aircraft until 1922, when an aircraft division was formed with
Jean Hubert as head designer. The company was bankrupt in
1927
Events January
* January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith becomes the first Director-General.
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Bernard re-formed it a last time under the name Société des Avions Bernard to build a small production run of airliners for
CIDNA. In 1935,
Hydravions Louis Schreck FBA was purchased. However, the business was struggling again before the French aviation industry was nationalised in
1935
Events
January
* January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims.
* January 12 – Amelia Earhart bec ...
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Aircraft
The list shows those types which were at least partially built. Data and naming style from Liron (1990).
''Etablissements Adolphe Bernard''
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Bernard AB 1 Twin engine medium bomber. 11 built. 1918. The
AB 2 was a proposed higher power version.
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Bernard AB 3
The Adolphe Bernard AB was a twin-engined French biplane aircraft, built near the end of the First World War. Ten AB 1 BN2 bombers were produced for the Armée de l'Air but did not reach squadron service; post-war, two civil derivatives were con ...
Post carrying version of AB 1, 1920.
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Bernard AB 4 Unfinished passenger version of AB 2, exhibited 1919.
''Société Industrielle des Métaux et du Bois'' (S.I.M.B.)
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Bernard AB.C1 Fighter, 1922 redesignated AB 10 before first flight.
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Bernard SIMB AB 3M Twin-fuselage, three-engine bomber. Two unfinished, 1923. The
AB 3 T was a proposed civil version.
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Bernard SIMB V.1
The Bernard SIMB V.1 was a French single seat racing monoplane designed to compete for the 1924 Beaumont Cup. It crashed on its first flight and was not rebuilt.
Design and development
The Bernard V.1 is alternatively known as the SIMB V.1: t ...
Racer. One built, 1924.
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Bernard SIMB V.2
The Bernard SIMB V.2 was a single-seat, single-engine French monoplane, built in the mid-1920s. It was originally designed for racing but was adapted for a successful attempt on the world's absolute speed record.
Design and development
Design of ...
V.1 with shorter span. One built, 1924. The
V.3 was a proposed development with retractable undercarriage.
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Bernard SIMB AB 10 Revision of AB.C1, 1924.
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Bernard SIMB AB 10T Three-engined, eighteen-seat seaplane, unfinished, 1925.
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Bernard SIMB AB 12
The Bernard SIMB AB 12 was a French single engine, single-seat monoplane fighter aircraft built in the 1920s. Though advanced for its time, it failed to gain a production order and only one was built.
Design and development
Like the Bernard SI ...
Fighter. One built, 1926.
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Bernard SIMB AB 14 Fighter. One built, 1925.
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Bernard SIMB AB 15 Fighter. One built, 1926.
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Bernard SIMB AB 16
The Bernard SIMB AB 16 was a three engine, five seat utility aircraft designed and built in 1927 for general purpose military work in the French
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
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Three-engine, five-seat "colonial" type. One built, 1927.
''Société des Avions Bernard'' (S.A.B.)
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Bernard 18
The Bernard 18 was a prototype airliner developed in France in the 1920s. One of the two prototypes built was used in an abortive transatlantic crossing attempt and a number of failed attempts for aerial records.
Development
The aircraft was o ...
Eight-seat transports. Two built, 1927
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Bernard 190
The Bernard 190 or Bernard-Hubert 190 was a French airliner of 1928. It was a high-wing cantilever monoplane of conventional configuration, based on the Bernard 18. Compared with its predecessor, it kept the same basic design but featured redes ...
Ten-seat transports, Fourteen built, 1928.
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Bernard 20 Single-seat fighter. One built, 1929.
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Bernard 30 T
Bernard ('' Bernhard'') is a French and West Germanic masculine given name. It is also a surname.
The name is attested from at least the 9th century. West Germanic ''Bernhard'' is composed from the two elements ''bern'' "bear" and ''hard'' "bra ...
Twin-fuselage transport. Unfinished 1931.
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Bernard HV 40 Single-seat racing floatplane. One built 1929.
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Bernard HV 41 Single-seat racing floatplane. One built 1929.
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Bernard HV 42 Single-seat racing training floatplane. Three built, one converted from HV 41, 1931.
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Bernard H 52 Single-seat catapult launched floatplane fighter. Two built, 1933.
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Bernard 60 T Three-engine fourteen-seat transport. Two built, 1929.
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Bernard 70
The Bernard 70 was a 1920s design for a French single-seat monoplane fighter aircraft by the Société des Avions Bernard. It was not built but was developed into a racing monoplane designated the Bernard S-72, (later Bernard S-73). It was furthe ...
Series of single-seat, single-engine sports and fighters. Three built, 1929.
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Bernard 80 GR Long-range record holder. One built, 1930. Modified into 81 GR.
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Bernard 82
The Bernard 82 was a French single-engined long-range monoplane bomber designed and built by Société des Avions Bernard. Only two prototypes were built and the type did not enter production.
Design and development
The Bernard 82 was develope ...
Bomber variants of Bernard 80. Two built, 1933. The
Bernard 86 was an experimental diesel powered modification, 1936.
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Bernard H 110
The Bernard H 110 was a single engine, single seat monoplane floatplane Fighter aircraft, fighter designed for a France, French Navy competition. It flew in 1935 but had only made four test flights when the Bernard company was declared bankrupt, p ...
Single-seat floatplane fighter. One built, 1935.
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Bernard HV 120 Single-seat racing floatplane. Two built, 1930.
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Bernard 160 Colonial military multi-role aircraft. Two built, 1932.
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Bernard 200
The Bernard 200 T (T for ''Tourisme'') was the first of a series of French light touring aircraft from the early 1930s. Single engined and seating three or four, they were high cantilever wing monoplanes. Four Bernard 200 T were built and subse ...
Series of three/four-seat light aircraft. Four built, 1932.
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Bernard HV 220 Single-seat racing floatplane. One built, 1931.
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Bernard 260 Single-seat fighter. Two built, one flown, 1932.
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Bernard HV 320 Single-seat racing seaplane. Not flown, 1931.
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Bernard V.4 Derivative of HV 120. Not flown, 1933.
See also
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List of aircraft manufacturers
This is a list of aircraft manufacturers sorted alphabetically by International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)/common name. It contains the ICAO/common name, manufacturers name(s), country and other data, with the known years of operation in p ...
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