Stampe et Vertongen was a

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aircraft manufacturer formed in 1922 and based at Antwerp. The company specialised in design and construction of primary trainers/tourers and advanced trainers. One of their products - the

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- has become known in certain countries as just ''Stampe''.

History

Established in 1922 with Alfred Renard as its chief designer, the company designed a series of trainer/tourer aircraft in the 1920s and 1930s, all prefixed RSV (for Renard, Stampe & Vertongen). In the early 1930s Alfred Renard left to join a company he had formed with his brother Georges Renard Société Anonyme d'Avions et de Moteurs Renard. The RSV company designation prefix then changed to SV. The company's most successful design was the SV.4 of 1933, a light tourer/trainer biplane powered by a

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engine. Although only 35 were produced before the start of the

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, a total of 940 were built, mainly under licence by other companies. The company was renamed Stampe et Renard when Stampe-Vertongen merged with the Renard company. Owing to the German invasion production ceased on 10 May 1940. Post-war activities did not meet with much success, and the company closed down in 1957.

Aircraft

* RSV.20-100 parasol-wing monoplane * RSV.22-180 trainer biplane (variant: RSV.22-200) * RSV.22-Lynx advanced trainer biplane * RSV.22-Titan military biplane * RSV.23-180 trainer biplane * RSV.26-100 trainer/tourer biplane, convertible into a monoplane (variants: RSV.18-100, RSV.18-105) * RSV.26-140 trainer biplane (variants: RSV.26-180, RSV.26-Lynx) * RSV.28-180 advanced trainer biplane''The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft'', p.2955 * RSV.32-90 trainer biplane (variants: RSV.32-100, RSV.32-105, RSV.32-110, RSV.32-120, RSV.32-130) * SV.4 trainer/tourer biplane * SV.5 military training biplaneTaylor 1989, p.829 * SV.7 reconnaissance-bomberGunston 1993, p.290 * SV.10 biplane bomber * SV.18 lightweight parasol wing monoplane

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External links

Museum at Antwerpen Airport EBAW
{{Stampe et Vertongen aircraft Aircraft manufacturers of Belgium 1922 establishments in Belgium Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1922 Defunct aircraft manufacturers of Belgium Companies based in Antwerp