Potez (pronounced ) was a French

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founded as Aéroplanes Henry Potez by

Henry Potez Henry Potez ( Méaulte, 30 September 1891 – Paris, 9 November 1981) was a French aircraft industrialist. He studied in the French Aeronautics School '' Supaéro''. With Marcel Dassault, he was the inventor of the Potez-Bloch propeller which, a ...

Aubervilliers Aubervilliers () is a communes of France, commune in the Seine-Saint-Denis departments of France, department, Île-de-France regions of France, region, northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. Geography Localisation Aubervilliers is one of th ...

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. The firm began by refurbishing war-surplus SEA IV aircraft, but was soon building new examples of an improved version, the Potez SEA VII.

History

During the inter-war years, Potez built a range of small passenger aircraft and a series of military reconnaissance biplanes that were also licence-built in Poland. In

1933 Events January * January 11 – Australian aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independen ...

, the firm bought flying boat manufacturer CAMS. The company was

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1936 Events January–February * January 20 – The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King Edward VIII, following the death of his father, George V, at Sandringham House. * January 28 – Death and state funer ...

,Il y a 75 ans, les nationalisations de l’aéronautique française
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, Lioré et Olivier, CAMS and

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

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and

Méaulte Méaulte () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography The commune is situated on the D329 road, some northeast of Amiens. Population Personalities * Henry Potez (1891–1981), aeroplane maker, wa ...

were taken over by SNCAN and the Berre factory went to

SNCASE SNCASE (abbreviated from ''Société nationale des constructions aéronautiques du Sud-Est'') or Sud-Est was a French aircraft manufacturer. The company was formed on February 1, 1937, by the nationalization and merger of Lioré et Olivier, Pote ...

. After

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, Potez was re-established as Société des Avions et Moteurs Henry Potez at

Argenteuil Argenteuil () is a Communes of France, commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre Zero, center of Paris. Argenteuil is a Subprefectures in France, sub-prefecture of the Val-d'Oise Departments of France, ...

but did not return to the prominence that the company enjoyed prior to nationalisation. In

1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the thir ...

, the company bought

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to form Potez Air-Fouga, but when Potez's last design, the

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(a small turboprop airliner) failed to attract customers, it was forced to close. The remaining assets were purchased by

Sud-Aviation Sud Aviation (, 'Southern Aviation') was a French state-owned aircraft manufacturer, originating in the merger of Sud-Est (SNCASE, or ''Société nationale des constructions aéronautiques du sud-est'') and Sud-Ouest (SNCASO or ''Société natio ...

1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and Army of ...

Aircraft

Potez VII The Potez SEA VII, otherwise known simply as the Potez VII, was an early airliner developed in France shortly after the First World War.Taylor 1989, p.750 Design and development The SEA VII was a civil version of the SEA IV military aircraft ...

Potez VIII The Potez VIII was a French training aircraft which first flew in 1920. Originally it had a very unusual vertical straight engine, inline engine and a four-wheeled landing gear, undercarriage, though the production version was more conventional. ...

Potez IX The Potez IX was an early airliner produced in France in the 1920s, a further development of the SEA IV that Henry Potez had co-designed during the First World War.Taylor 1989, p.747''The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft'', p.2760 Design ...

Potez X The Potez X was a French 1920s general-purpose colonial transport aircraft designed and built by Potez. Development The Potez X was a three-engined biplane with a fixed nosewheel landing gear supplemented with a tailskid. The first variant was ...

* Potez XI *

Potez XV The Potez XV (also erroneously written Potez 15) was a French single-engine, two-seat observation biplane designed as a private venture by Louis Coroller and built by Potez and under licence by Podlaska Wytwórnia Samolotów and Plage i Laśkiew ...

* Potez XVII * Potez 23 *

Potez 25 Potez 25 (also written as Potez XXV) was a French twin-seat, single-engine sesquiplane designed during the 1920s. A light multi-purpose Strike fighter, fighter-bomber, it was designed as a line aircraft and used in a variety of roles, including F ...

* Potez 27 * Potez 28 * Potez 29 * Potez 31 *

Potez 32 The Potez 32 and its military version the Potez 33 was a single-engine monoplane transport design and built by the French aircraft manufacturer Potez. It was the first French-built medium-sized aircraft to see active use by both domestic and fore ...

* Potez 33 * Potez 36 * Potez 37 * Potez 38 * Potez 39 * Potez 42 *

Potez 43 The Potez 43 was a family of French light utility and sports aircraft, developed in early 1930s. They were three-seat single-engine high-wing monoplanes. Design and development The plane was a development of Potez 36. First of all it featured ...

* Potez 50 * Potez 53 * Potez 54 *

Potez 56 The Potez 56 was a 1930s French executive transport monoplane built by Potez and later used as a military crew trainer and liaison aircraft. Development Potez began work on a twin-engined light transport aircraft, the Potez 56, in early 1934, wi ...

* Potez 58 * Potez 60 *

Potez 62 The Potez 62 was a French twin-engine civil airliner, designed by Henry Potez in 1934. The French military adapted this airframe two-years later to create the Potez 650. History The Potez 62 has its origins in the Potez 54, a military bomber. ...

Potez 63 The Potez 630 and its derivatives were a family of twin-engined, multirole aircraft developed for the French Air Force in the late 1930s. The design was a contemporary of the British Bristol Blenheim (which was larger and designed purely as a ...

Potez 65 The Potez 650 was a French-built military transport aircraft that saw service in World War II. Derived from the Potez 62 airliner, the 650 was specifically built for paratrooper units. Development The Potez 62 was a high-wing twin-engine monoplan ...

Potez 75 The Potez 75 was a low-cost, simple, ground-support, observation and launch aircraft for anti-tank missiles, designed and built in the early 1950s, for use in colonial conflicts. One hundred and fifteen were ordered in 1956, but cancelled in 1957 ...

* Potez 91 * Potez 220 * Potez 230 *

Potez 452 The Potez 452 was a French flying boat designed and built by Potez in response to a French Navy specification for a shipboard reconnaissance machine for use on its battleships and cruisers. Design The design requirements included the ability fo ...

Potez 540 The Potez 540 was a French multi-role aircraft of the 1930s. Designed and built by Potez, it served with the French Air Force as a Aerial reconnaissance, reconnaissance bomber, also serving with the Spanish Republican Air Force during the Spanish ...

* Potez 630 *

Potez 650 The Potez 650 was a French-built military transport aircraft that saw service in World War II. Derived from the Potez 62 airliner, the 650 was specifically built for paratrooper units. Development The Potez 62 was a high-wing twin-engine monopla ...

* Potez 661 * Potez 662 *

Potez 840 The Potez 840 was a 1960s French four-engined 18-passenger executive monoplane, the last aircraft to use the Potez name. Development The Potez 840 was an all-metal cantilever-wing monoplane with a retractable tricycle landing gear. It had a cr ...

* Potez-CAMS 140 project only *

Potez-CAMS 141 The Potez-CAMS 141 was a French long range reconnaissance flying boat of the late 1930s. Intended to equip the French Navy, only a single prototype was completed before the Battle of France, German invasion of France stopped production. That proto ...

* Potez-CAMS 142 project only * Potez-CAMS 160 * Potez-CAMS 161 * Potez SEA VII

Engines

* Potez A-4 (1920s) *

Potez 4D The Potez 4D was a four-cylinder, inverted inline aircraft engine. It was first built shortly before World War II, but did not enter full production until 1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brin ...

* Potez 4E *

Potez 6D The Potez 6D is a French six cylinder inverted inline aircraft engine put into production after World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two ...

* Potez 8D *

Potez 12D Potez (pronounced ) was a French aircraft manufacturer founded as Aéroplanes Henry Potez by Henry Potez at Aubervilliers in 1919. The firm began by refurbishing war-surplus SEA IV aircraft, but was soon building new examples of an improved vers ...

* Potez 9A * Potez 9B (9 cylinder radial)

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