Chantiers Aéro-Maritimes de la Seine (CAMS) was a French manufacturer of

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s, founded in Saint-Ouen in November

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by Lawrence Santoni.

History

Initially the company built Società Idrovolanti Alta Italia (SIAI) designs under licence, but in 1922 it lured

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away from SIAI to become head designer, after which it generated its own aircraft designs. CAMS' most noteworthy products were flying boat designs that saw widespread long-term use in the French Navy. The company was

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1936 Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...

,Il y a 75 ans, les nationalisations de l’aéronautique française
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Potez Potez (pronounced ) was a French aircraft manufacturer founded as Aéroplanes Henry Potez by Henry Potez at Aubervilliers in 1919 in aviation, 1919. The firm began by refurbishing war-surplus SEA IV aircraft, but was soon building new examples of ...

and

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in order to form the Société nationale des constructions aéronautiques du Sud-Est (SNCASE) on 1 February 1937.

Aircraft

CAMS 30E __NOTOC__ The CAMS 30E was a two-seat flying boat trainer built in France in the early 1920s. It was the first aircraft designed for CAMS by Raffaele Conflenti after he had been recruited by the company from his previous job at Società Idrov ...

(1923) - single-engine, two-seat biplane flying boat used for training * CAMS 30T (1924) - single-engine, four-seat biplane flying boat derived from the CAMS 30. It was used in 1924 to set a speed record for passenger-carrying flying boats *

CAMS 31 __NOTOC__ The CAMS 31 was a 1920s French single-seat fighter biplane flying-boat designed and built by Chantiers Aéro-Maritimes de la Seine (CAMS). Design and development The CAMS 31 was a wooden-built two-bay equal span biplane with stabilisin ...

(1922) - prototype flying boat *

CAMS 33 __NOTOC__ The CAMS 33 was a reconnaissance flying boat built in France in the early 1920s. It was designed in response to a French Navy requirement for new flying boats for various roles. Design and development Chantiers Aéro-Maritimes de ...

B (1923) - two-engine, four-seat push-pull biplane reconnaissance flying boat *

T (1923) - two-engine, nine-seat push-pull biplane personnel transport flying boat * CAMS 34 (1920s) - projected transport derivative of CAMS 30 * CAMS 35 (1920s) - projected military derivative of CAMS 30 *

CAMS 36 __NOTOC__ The CAMS 36 was a 1920s French flying boat designed and built by Chantiers Aéro-Maritimes de la Seine. It was originally conceived as a single-seat fighter but evolved as a racer to compete in the 1922 Schneider Trophy race. Lack of f ...

(1922) - single seat racer * CAMS 37 (1926) - single-engine, two-seat biplane trainer/utility flying boat * CAMS 38 (1923) - single seat racer * CAMS 41 (1924) - flying boat bomber study * CAMS 42 (1924) - flying boat bomber study, also called CAMS 41bis * CAMS 43 - two-engine military flying boat, developed from the CAMS 41 project * CAMS 44 (1925) - heavy flying boat torpedo bomber project * CAMS 45 (1925) - flying boat racer project *

CAMS 46 __NOTOC__ The CAMS 46 was a flying boat trainer aircraft built in France in the mid-1920s, essentially an updated version of the CAMS 30 that had flown in 1922. While retaining that aircraft's basic form, CAMS offered the French Navy two new ve ...

E (1926) - basic flying boat trainer *

ET (1926) - intermediate flying boat trainer for Aeronavale * CAMS 50 (1927) - two-engine, three-seat transport flying boat prototype * CAMS 51 (1926) - two-engine, six-seat push-pull biplane transport flying boat * CAMS 52 (1929) - two-engine, floatplane torpedo bomber prototype * CAMS 53 (I) (1928) - projected reconnaissance/torpedo bomber version of CAMS 50 * CAMS 53 (1929) - two-engine, six-seat push-pull biplane transport flying boat version of CAMS 50 * CAMS 54 (1928) - long range push-pull biplane flying boat *

CAMS 55 __NOTOC__ The CAMS 55 was a reconnaissance flying boat built in France in the late 1920s which equipped the French Navy throughout the 1930s. Design and development The CAMS 55 design was derived from the unsuccessful CAMS 51 and followed t ...

(1929) - two-engine biplane reconnaissance flying boat, derived from the CAMS 51 * CAMS 56 (1928) - as CAMS 53 but powered by Gnome and Rhone 9A engines, formerly designated CAMS 53-3 * CAMS 57 (1929) - as CAMS 53 but powered by Renault 12Jb engines, formerly designated CAMS 53R * CAMS 58 (1930) - two-engine, seven-seat flying boat airliner * CAMS 59 - three-engine monoplane torpedo bomber floatplane project derived from the CAMS 52 * CAMS 60 (1930) - two-seat high wing monoplane torpedo bomber project * CAMS 70 (1928) - reconnaissance flying boat project * CAMS 71 - two-engine or four-engine monoplane transatlantic/military patrol flying boat project

Potez-CAMS aircraft

* CAMS 80 (1932) - single-engine reconnaissance flying boat * CAMS 90 (1931) - single-engine light utility flying boat * CAMS 91 - projected version of CAMS 90, powered by a Hispano 9Q or Gnome and Rhone Titan Major engine * Potez-CAMS 100 (1935) - six-engine transatlantic flying boat airliner project * Potez-CAMS 110 (1934) - two-engine, push-pull biplane transport flying boat, only the single prototype was built * Potez-CAMS 120 (1935) - three-seat single-engine patrol flying boat * Potez-CAMS 130 (1935) - catapult launched four-engine, 35 passenger flying boat airliner project *

Potez-CAMS 141 The Potez-CAMS 141 was a French long range reconnaissance flying boat of the late 1930s. Intended to equip the French Navy, only a single prototype was completed before the German invasion of France stopped production. That prototype did, however ...

(1938) - four-engine long range reconnaissance flying boat * Potez-CAMS 142 - transatlantic flying boat airliner based on the CAMS 141 * Potez-CAMS 150 (1935) - six-engine transatlantic flying boat airline project *

Potez-CAMS 160 The Potez-CAMS 160 was a one-off 5/13 scale flight model built in France, first flown in the summer of 1938 to test aerodynamic and hydrodynamic qualities of the Potez-CAMS 161 airliner and mail carrier, which was too large for detailed modelling ...

(1938) - scale model flying boat, used for hydrodynamic and aerodynamic testing of the Potez-CAMS 161 * Potez-CAMS 161 (1939 or 1942) - six-engine flying boat airliner * Potez-CAMS 162 - projected military transport version of Potez-CAMS 161 * Potez-CAMS 170 (1939) - single-seat seaplane fighter project

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chantiers Aero-Maritimes de la Seine Defunct aircraft manufacturers of France Manufacturing companies established in 1920 Manufacturing companies disestablished in 1937 1920 establishments in France 1937 disestablishments in France 1937 mergers and acquisitions