Chantiers Aéro-Maritimes de la Seine
| Industry | Aeronautics, defence |
|---|---|
| Fate | Merged |
| Successor | SNCASE |
| Founded | 1920 |
| Founder | Lawrence Santoni |
| Defunct | 1 February 1937 |
| Headquarters | France |
| Products | Aircraft |
Chantiers Aéro-Maritimes de la Seine, mostly known as CAMS, was a French manufacturer of flying boats, founded in Saint-Ouen in November 1920 by Lawrence Santoni.
History
Initially the company built Società Idrovolanti Alta Italia (SIAI) designs under licence, but in 1922 it lured Raffaele Conflenti away from SIAI to become head designer, after which it generated its own aircraft designs. CAMS' most noteworthy products were flying boat designs that saw widespread long-term use in the French Navy.[1]
The company was nationalized in 1936,[2] following which it was merged with Chantiers aéronavals Étienne Romano, Lioré et Olivier, Potez and SPCA in order to form the Société nationale des constructions aéronautiques du Sud-Est (SNCASE) on 1 February 1937.[3]
Aircraft
- CAMS 30E (1922) - single-engine, two-seat biplane flying boat used for training
- CAMS 30T (1924) - a single-engine, four-seat biplane flying boat derived from the CAMS 30. It was used in 1924 to set a speed record for passenger-carrying flying boats
- CAMS 31 (1922) - prototype flying boat
- CAMS 33B (1923) - two-engine, four-seat push-pull biplane reconnaissance flying boat
- CAMS 36
- CAMS 33T (1923) - two-engine, nine-seat push-pull biplane personnel transport flying boat
- CAMS 37 (1926) - single-engine, two-seat biplane trainer/utility flying boat
- CAMS 38 single seat racer
- CAMS 46E (1926) Basic flying boat trainer
- CAMS 46ET (1926) Intermediate flying boat trainer for Aeronavale
- CAMS 50
- CAMS 51 (1926) - two-engine, six-seat push-pull biplane transport floatplane
- CAMS 52
- CAMS 53 (1928) - two-engine, six-seat push-pull biplane transport floatplane
- CAMS 54
- CAMS 55 (1928) - two-engine, five-seat push-pull biplane transport floatplane
- CAMS 58
- CAMS 80
- CAMS 90
- CAMS 110 (1934) - two-engine, biplane transport floatplane, only the single prototype was built
- CAMS 120
- Potez-CAMS 141
- Potez-CAMS 160
References
- ↑ Gunston, Bill (1993). World Encyclopedia of Aircraft Manufacturers. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. pp. 66–67.
- ↑ Il y a 75 ans, les nationalisations de l’aéronautique française
- ↑ Hartmann, Gérard (2005-01-05), Les réalisations de la SNCASE (PDF) (in French), retrieved 2009-07-15,
Alors qu’on ne sait pas très clairement si les sociétés nationales sont des « usines de production de guerre » sans indépendance et sans bureau d'études, la SNCASE est officiellement formée le 1er février 1937.
External links
Media related to CAMS aircraft at Wikimedia Commons
