Blériot Aéronautique

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The aircraft manufacturer Blériot Aéronautique was a French company founded by the French aviation pioneer Louis Blériot after the end of the First World War , which mainly produced aircraft and a small number of automobiles . The main focus of production was, in addition to some relatively insignificant military aircraft, commercial aircraft.

The company has produced the following well-known aircraft types:

In November 1934, there was a fusion of French aircraft manufacturers Blériot, ANF Les Mureaux and Farman for Union Corporative Aéronautique (UCA); however, this company was dissolved as part of the nationalization of the French aviation industry in 1936.

Automobile production

The company manufactured a cycle car between 1921 and 1922 . The 8/10 CV model had a two-cylinder two - stroke engine . The engine was mounted in the front of the vehicle and powered the rear axle via a cardan shaft .

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 . (English)
  • George Nick Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, Paris 1975. (French)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  2. ^ Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.