The ''Société Aérienne Bordelaise'' (; SAB) was an aircraft manufacturing company based in

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/ref> The predecessor company, '' Société de Travaux Dyle et Bacalan'' had been founded in 1879.

History

The ''Société Aérienne Bordelaise'' was established in 1930 when the Société de Travaux Dyle et Bacalan, which had specialized mainly in

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, decided to establish a branch dedicated to aeronautical construction. Most of the aircraft built by SAB remained in the project stage and no production followed. In 1935 the ''Société Aérienne Bordelaise'', like most private French aviation industries was nationalized,Il y a 75 ans, les nationalisations de l’aéronautique française
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'' (SNCASO).

Aircraft

* SAB-SEMA 10 (''Societé Aérienne Bordelaise – Societé d'Etudes de Materiel d'Aviation'') * SAB-SEMA 12 (''Societé Aérienne Bordelaise – Societé d'Etudes de Materiel d'Aviation'') *

SAB AB-20 The SAB AB-20 was a large four engine twin boom French bomber built in the early 1930s as a development of the Dyle et Bacalan DB-70 airliner. It featured a lifting body of thick airfoil section between the inner engines. It was later modifie ...

SAB AB-21 The SAB AB-20 was a large four engine twin boom French bomber built in the early 1930s as a development of the Dyle et Bacalan DB-70 airliner. It featured a lifting body of thick airfoil section between the inner engines. It was later modified ...

* SAB AB-22 * SAB AB-80 * SAB DB-80 *

SAB DB-81 The SAB DB-80 and SAB DB-81 were single-engine, all-metal France, French light transports aimed at the air mail market whilst carrying two passengers. Identical apart from their engines, they flew in mid-1930. Design In 1929 Dyle and Bacalan ...

* SAB LH-70 (a.k.a. Lorraine Hanriot LH-70) * SAB turret bomber (at least two built / converted with VERY large turrets)

References

External links

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Airwar - AB-80
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