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Original Aéroplanes Hanriot et Cie was replaced on death of René Hanriot 1930 by Lorraine-Hanriot, division of SGA (Société Générale Aéronautique). When SGA broke up 1933 son Marcel Hanriot formed…
Sole public appearance was at December 1919 Paris Salon: gull-wing monoplane racer and even more curious baby triplane with nose propeller driven by Anzani engine near tail.
LOUIT SA Louit is an ISO 9002-qualified company producing small boats, vehicles and aircraft components for Socata, Eurocopter and others.
Emile Lucas markets plans for L5 (13 August 1976) and quite different L6, L7 and twin-engined L10.
Marmande Aéronautique, member of Groupe Creuzet, is Microjet SA renamed, which took over programme from Microturbo and now produces Microjet 200B.
Société des Engins Matra, major missile/rocket producer, flew M 360 Jupiter push/pull 4/5-seater 17 December 1963.
Jean Cantinieau (see Cantinieau) designed MC.101 helicopter built by Matra 1952. He then went to Aerotécnica in Spain, but returned to France to work on Matra-Cantinieau Bamby 1963, but this…
M. Pierre Mauboussin set up private factory at Puteaux (Paris) 1931, building M.120 Corsaire light monoplane, followed by numerous derived types which from July 1934 were made by Breguet at…
M. Holste designed M.H.52 and 53 all-metal 2-seat monoplanes during Second World War, and formed Avions Max Holste 1947. M.H.152 high-wing observation/liaison aircraft (1951) led to M.H.1521 Broussard (17 November…
Head of supersonic tunnel at Meudon, M. Plan produced MP.204 racer (5 June 1952), later modified as 214.
Instruments de Précision MDG exhibited LD.45 single-seat biplane 1946, followed by tandem-seat Midgy-Club (1948) built in small numbers.
Producing propellers from 1919, Helice G. Merville added sailplanes from 1959 and D.63 improved Druine Condor with 105-hp Potez engine and tricycle landing gear (23 March 1962).
Soc. Georges Messier, Soc. Française de la Matériel d'Aviation, built research aircraft July 1934 with bicycle landing gear to test various landing gears; all-metal low-wing (250-hp Hispano HS6). See also…
Messier-Bugatti (Snecma group), is the world leader in aircraft landing and braking systems. Company capabilities encompass the full life cycle of products, ranging from design and manufacture to in-service support,…
Henri Mignet published book Le sport de l'Air 1928 and designed (presumably 13) aircraft before HM.14 (6 September 1933) which took world by storm as Flying Flea. Post-war continued to…
Société Millet-Lagarde began 1941 studying safety of small aircraft and in 1949 flew ML.10 3/4-seat pusher biplane with many unusual features.
Léon and Robert Morane and Raymond Saulnier formed Société Anonyme des Aéroplanes Morane-Saulnier 10 October 1911 at Puteaux (Paris region). Vast output ensued of 140 different types, early designs being…
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