The '' S.A. des Chantiers aéronavals Étienne Romano'' (CAER) was an aircraft manufacturing company based in

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/ref> The predecessor company, ''Chantiers aéronavals de la Méditerranée'' had been founded by Étienne Romano in 1921.

History

André Auniac and Étienne Romano founded the ''SA des Chantiers aéronavals Étienne Romano'' archivesjournaux.ville-cannes.fr ''Le Littoral'', 18 August 1929 (1st part)

(2d part)
/ref> on 16 August 1929. The factory was ideally located between the

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and a flat expanse of grassland where the planes could take-off and land. That field would become later Cannes – Mandelieu Airport. In 1931 the Romano factory became operational and full production started. On 11 August 1936 the Romano company was nationalizedIl y a 75 ans, les nationalisations de l’aéronautique française
/ref> following which in 1937 it was merged with

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, CAMS and

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

Aircraft

* R.3 * R.4 * R.5 * R.6 * R.15 * R.16 * R.80 * R.82 * R.83 * R.90 * R.92 * R.110 * R.120

References

External links

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Étienne RomanoAviastar - Romano Aircraft

Alcatel space à Cannes; Plus qu’une entreprise, une légendeAero Journal Les Bimoteurs Romano
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