The S.A. des Chantiers aéronavals Étienne Romano (CAER) was an aircraft manufacturing company based in Cannes, France.[1] The predecessor company, Chantiers aéronavals de la Méditerranée had been founded by Étienne Romano in 1921.
| Industry | Aeronautics, defence |
|---|---|
| Predecessor | Chantiers aéronavals de la Méditerranée |
| Founded | 16 August 1929 |
| Founder | Étienne Romano & André Auniac |
| Defunct | 11 August 1936 |
| Fate | Merged |
| Successor | SNCASE |
| Headquarters | , France |
| Products | Aircraft |
History
editAndré Auniac and Étienne Romano founded the SA des Chantiers aéronavals Étienne Romano [2] on 16 August 1929. The factory was ideally located between the Mediterranean Sea and a flat expanse of grassland where the planes could take-off and land. That field would become later Cannes – Mandelieu Airport. In 1931 the Romano factory became operational and full production started.[1]
On 11 August 1936 the Romano company was nationalized[3] following which in 1937 it was merged with Lioré et Olivier, Potez, CAMS and SPCA in order to form the Société nationale des constructions aéronautiques du Sud-Est (SNCASE) on 1 February 1937.[4]
Aircraft
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Cannes Aéro Spatial Patrimoine - Histoires extraordinaires: L’Établissement d'aerospatiale Cannes
- ^ archivesjournaux.ville-cannes.fr Le Littoral, 18 August 1929 (1st part) Archived 17 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine & (2d part) Archived 2013-12-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Il y a 75 ans, les nationalisations de l’aéronautique française
- ^ Hartmann, Gérard (2005-01-05), Les réalisations de la SNCASE (PDF) (in French), retrieved 2009-07-15,
Alors qu'on ne sait pas très clairement si les sociétés nationales sont des « usines de production de guerre » sans indépendance et sans bureau d'études, la SNCASE est officiellement formée le 1er février 1937.
External links
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Media related to Chantiers aéronavals Étienne Romano at Wikimedia Commons- Étienne Romano
- Aviastar - Romano Aircraft
- Spanish Civil War Aircraft Archived 2015-02-05 at the Wayback Machine
- Alcatel space à Cannes; Plus qu’une entreprise, une légende
- Aero Journal Les Bimoteurs Romano
