Potez (pronounced ) was a French

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founded as Aéroplanes Henry Potez by

Henry Potez Henry Potez (Méaulte, 30 September 1891 – Paris, 9 November 1981) was a French aircraft industrialist. He studied in the French Aeronautics School '' Supaéro''. With Marcel Dassault, he was the inventor of the Potez-Bloch propeller which, aft ...

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. The firm began by refurbishing war-surplus

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aircraft, but was soon building new examples of an improved version, the

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History

During the inter-war years, Potez built a range of small passenger aircraft and a series of military reconnaissance biplanes that were also licence-built in Poland. In

1933 Events January * January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wis ...

, the firm bought flying boat manufacturer CAMS. The company was nationalized in

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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, CAMS and

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in order to form the SNCASE, Société nationale des constructions aéronautiques du Sud-Est (SNCASE) on 1 February 1937. Potez's factories in Sartrouville and Méaulte were taken over by SNCAN and the Berre-l'Étang, Berre factory went to SNCASE. After World War II, Potez was re-established as Société des Avions et Moteurs Henry Potez at Argenteuil but did not return to the prominence that the company enjoyed prior to nationalisation. In 1958 in aviation, 1958, the company bought Fouga to form Potez Air-Fouga, but when Potez's last design, the Potez 840, 840 (a small turboprop airliner) failed to attract customers, it was forced to close. The remaining assets were purchased by Sud-Aviation in 1967 in aviation, 1967.

Aircraft

* Potez VII * Potez VIII * Potez IX * Potez X * Potez XI * Potez XV * Potez XVII * Potez 23 * Potez 25 * Potez 27 * Potez 28 * Potez 29 * Potez 31 * Potez 32 * Potez 33 * Potez 36 * Potez 37 * Potez 38 * Potez 39 * Potez 42 * Potez 43 * Potez 50 * Potez 53 * Potez 54 * Potez 56 * Potez 58 * Potez 60 * Potez 62 * Potez 63 * Potez 65 * Potez 75 * Potez 91 * Potez 220 * Potez 230 * Potez 452 * Potez 540 * Potez 630 * Potez 650 * Potez 661 * Potez 662 * Potez 840 * Potez-CAMS 140 project only * Potez-CAMS 141 * Potez-CAMS 142 project only * Potez-CAMS 160 * Potez-CAMS 161 *

Engines

* Potez A-4 (1920s) * Potez 4D * Potez 4E * Potez 6D * Potez 8D * Potez 12D * Potez 9A * Potez 9B (9 cylinder radial)

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* {{Defunct aircraft manufacturers of France Defunct aircraft manufacturers of France Defunct aircraft engine manufacturers of France Potez aircraft, Potez aircraft engines,

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