''Société des Avions Bernard'' (french: Bernard Aircraft Company) was a French aircraft manufacturer of the early 20th century.
History
The company was founded in April 1917 by
Adolphe Bernard
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as Etablissements Adolphe Bernard to licence-built
SPAD fighters. Immediately after the war the company was reorganised as Société Industrielle des Métaux et du Bois ("SIMB") to cover a wider product range. It built no new aircraft until 1922, when an aircraft division was formed with
Jean Hubert as head designer. The company was bankrupt in
1927
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Bernard re-formed it a last time under the name Société des Avions Bernard to build a small production run of airliners for
CIDNA. In 1935,
Hydravions Louis Schreck FBA was purchased. However, the business was struggling again before the French aviation industry was nationalised in
1935.
Aircraft
The list shows those types which were at least partially built. Data and naming style from Liron (1990).
''Etablissements Adolphe Bernard''
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Bernard AB 1 Twin engine medium bomber. 11 built. 1918. The
AB 2 was a proposed higher power version.
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Bernard AB 3 Post carrying version of AB 1, 1920.
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Bernard AB 4 Unfinished passenger version of AB 2, exhibited 1919.
''Société Industrielle des Métaux et du Bois'' (S.I.M.B.)
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Bernard AB.C1 Fighter, 1922 redesignated AB 10 before first flight.
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Bernard SIMB AB 3M Twin-fuselage, three-engine bomber. Two unfinished, 1923. The
AB 3 T was a proposed civil version.
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Bernard SIMB V.1 Racer. One built, 1924.
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Bernard SIMB V.2 V.1 with shorter span. One built, 1924. The
V.3 was a proposed development with retractable undercarriage.
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Bernard SIMB AB 10 Revision of AB.C1, 1924.
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Bernard SIMB AB 10T Three-engined, eighteen-seat seaplane, unfinished, 1925.
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Bernard SIMB AB 12 Fighter. One built, 1926.
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Bernard SIMB AB 14 Fighter. One built, 1925.
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Bernard SIMB AB 15 Fighter. One built, 1926.
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Bernard SIMB AB 16 Three-engine, five-seat "colonial" type. One built, 1927.
''Société des Avions Bernard'' (S.A.B.)
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Bernard 18 Eight-seat transports. Two built, 1927
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Bernard 190
The Bernard 190 or Bernard-Hubert 190 was a French airliner of 1928. It was a high-wing cantilever monoplane of conventional configuration, based on the Bernard 18. Compared with its predecessor, it kept the same basic design but featured rede ...
Ten-seat transports, Fourteen built, 1928.
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Bernard 20 __NOTOC__
The Bernard 20 was a 1920s French single-seat monoplane fighter aircraft designed and built by the Société des Avions Bernard. Originally displayed as a mock-up at the 1928 Paris Air Show
The Paris Air Show (french: Salon internatio ...
Single-seat fighter. One built, 1929.
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Bernard 30 T Twin-fuselage transport. Unfinished 1931.
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Bernard HV 40 Single-seat racing floatplane. One built 1929.
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Bernard HV 41 Single-seat racing floatplane. One built 1929.
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Bernard HV 42 Single-seat racing training floatplane. Three built, one converted from HV 41, 1931.
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Bernard H 52 Single-seat catapult launched floatplane fighter. Two built, 1933.
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Bernard 60 T Three-engine fourteen-seat transport. Two built, 1929.
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Bernard 70 Series of single-seat, single-engine sports and fighters. Three built, 1929.
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Bernard 80 GR Long-range record holder. One built, 1930. Modified into 81 GR.
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Bernard 82
The Bernard 82 was a French single-engined long-range monoplane bomber designed and built by Société des Avions Bernard
''Société des Avions Bernard'' (french: Bernard Aircraft Company) was a French aircraft manufacturer of the early 20t ...
Bomber variants of Bernard 80. Two built, 1933. The
Bernard 86 was an experimental diesel powered modification, 1936.
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Bernard H 110 Single-seat floatplane fighter. One built, 1935.
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Bernard HV 120 Single-seat racing floatplane. Two built, 1930.
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Bernard 160
The Bernard 160 was a three engine, multi-role monoplane designed in the early 1930s to meet a French government call for aircraft suited to policing and medical duties in its African colonies. Two prototypes were built and tested, but no furth ...
Colonial military multi-role aircraft. Two built, 1932.
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Bernard 200 Series of three/four-seat light aircraft. Four built, 1932.
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Bernard HV 220 Single-seat racing floatplane. One built, 1931.
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Bernard 260 Single-seat fighter. Two built, one flown, 1932.
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Bernard HV 320 Single-seat racing seaplane. Not flown, 1931.
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Bernard V.4 Derivative of HV 120. Not flown, 1933.
See also
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List of aircraft manufacturers
This is a list of aircraft manufacturers sorted alphabetically by International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)/common name. It contains the ICAO/common name, manufacturers name(s), country and other data, with the known years of operation in pa ...
References
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Defunct aircraft manufacturers of France
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