Sud Aviation
Sud Aviation was a French aviation company based in Toulouse that was considered the largest European manufacturer of missiles in the 1950s. Probably the manufacturer's best-known model was the Sud Aviation Caravelle .
history
In 1957, the state-owned aviation companies Ouest Aviation (until 1956 SNCASO ) and Sud Est Aviation (until 1956 SNCASE ) merged to form Sud Aviation. Helicopters that were developed after the merger were given the prefix "SA", older models still in production kept their designations (e.g. the versions SE-3160 and SA-316 of the Alouette III ).
In addition to the well-known and commercially successful helicopters, Sud Aviation produced the world's first jet-powered short and medium-haul airliner: the Caravelle . After Sud Aviation took over the manufacturer Potez Air Fouga in 1967 , the Fouga Magister continued to be produced.
In 1970 Sud Aviation merged with Nord Aviation and SÉREB to form Société Nationale Industrielle Aérospatiale (SNIAS), now part of the Airbus Group .
