A/S Aero was a

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airline company founded by

Tancred Ibsen Tancred Ibsen (11 July 1893 – 4 December 1978) was a Norwegian military officer, aviator, film director and screenwriter. Background Ibsen was the son of Sigurd Ibsen and Bergljot Bjørnson. He was the grandson of both Henrik Ibsen and Nobel l ...

in January 1920. The company was financed by Tancred Ibsen's uncle, businessman Einar Bjørnson, and two shipowners. Despite the ''A/S'' (for

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) in its name, A/S Aero was never formally registered as a limited company. The company purchased one Hansa Brandenburg W.29 and four Friedrichshafen FF.49 aircraft from Germany in February. This deal was probably illegal as the Entente prohibited the export of German surplus aircraft, but Ibsen nevertheless got permission from the

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to import the five German aircraft. During the summer of 1920 A/S Aero successly operated demonstration, advertising, and limited mail flights from the Bestumkilen bay in Oslo, with Tancred Ibsen as the head pilot. The company also chartered out airplanes to serve the

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routes in southern Norway. Tancred Ibsen soon got tired of his career as a pilot, and the activity of ''A/S Aero'' ended, with the company becoming part of the aircraft factory in

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, ''A/S Norske Aeroplanfabrik''.

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Tancred Ibsen and A/S Aero
{{DEFAULTSORT:A S Aero Defunct airlines of Norway Airlines established in 1920 Airlines disestablished in 1920 1920 establishments in Norway 1920 disestablishments in Norway