Société Aéronautique Normande (SAN) was a French

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business based at Bernay. It was formed in 1948 and failed in 1968.

History

The company was started on 1 May 1948 at Bernay-Saint-Martin by Lucien Querey. Querey was a glider pilot and aeromodeller and his idea was to run a ''Aviation Service Station'' similar to a motor-vehicle garage. His first aircraft was a conversion of a

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followed by his own two-seater design, the SAN-101. The SAN-101 did not enter production and Querey started to build the Jodel D.11 under licence. Jodel

From 1952 the company built other

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designs under licence and these were followed by two models exclusive to SAN, the D.140 Mousquetaire four/five seater and the D.150 Mascaret two-seater. In November 1959 the company suffered a serious fire which was followed by the death of Querey and the company was then run by Querey's wife. By the mid-1960s the company was in financial difficulties and it was forced into receivership in November 1968. The assets were bought by

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who completed the last batch of D.140s and then used the factory to build Piel designs.

Aircraft designs

*SAN-101 * SAN Jodel D.112 * SAN Jodel D.117 * SAN Jodel DR.100A * SAN Jodel DR.105A * SAN Jodel DR.1050 Ambassadeur/Excellence * SAN Jodel D.140 Mousquetaire * SAN Jodel D.150 Mascaret

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Societe Aeronautique Normande Defunct aircraft manufacturers of France