Société Aérienne Bordelaise

The Société Aérienne Bordelaise (SAB) was an aircraft manufacturing company based in Bordeaux, France.[1] The predecessor company, Société de Travaux Dyle et Bacalan had been founded in 1879.[2]

Société Aérienne Bordelaise

Industry	Aeronautics, defence
Fate	Merged
Predecessor	Société de Travaux Dyle et Bacalan
Successor	Société nationale des constructions aéronautiques du sud-ouest (SNCASO)
Founded	1930
Defunct	1936
Headquarters	Bordeaux , France
Products	Aircraft

The SAB AB-20 bomber project built in 1932.

SAB-SEMA 12 trainer of the Spanish Republican Air Force. Los Alcázares flying school.

History

The Société Aérienne Bordelaise was established in 1930 when the Société de Travaux Dyle et Bacalan, which had specialized mainly in railways, public works and shipbuilding, decided to establish a branch dedicated to aeronautical construction.[1] Most of the aircraft built by SAB remained in the project stage and no production followed.

In 1935 the Société Aérienne Bordelaise, like most private French aviation industries was nationalized,[3] following which in 1936 it became part of the Société nationale des constructions aéronautiques du sud-ouest (SNCASO).[1]

Aircraft

• SAB-SEMA 10 (Societé Aérienne Bordelaise – Societé d'Etudes de Materiel d'Aviation)
• SAB-SEMA 12 (Societé Aérienne Bordelaise – Societé d'Etudes de Materiel d'Aviation)
• SAB AB-20[4][5]
• SAB AB-21[5][6]
• SAB AB-22[5]
• SAB AB-80[5][7]
• SAB DB-80[5]
• SAB DB-81[5]
• SAB LH-70 (a.k.a. Lorraine Hanriot LH-70)[8][9]
• SAB turret bomber (at least two built / converted with VERY large turrets)

References

1. Aerobordelaise - Entre deux guerres
2. Société Anonyme de travaux Dyle et Bacalan
3. Il y a 75 ans, les nationalisations de l’aéronautique française
4. "A New French Night Bomber". Flight: 170. 26 February 1932. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
5. Bruno.parmentier. "Avions SAB - Aviation française". Aviafrance.com. Retrieved 2012-08-14.
6. "Where is the moat?". Flight: 253. 15 March 1934. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
7. "Huge French Bomber Also Transports Troops". Popular Mechanics. June 1935. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
8. Parmentier, Bruno. "Lorraine Hanriot LH-70". Retrieved 19 July 2013.
9. "BILL EWING COLLECTION No. 11628. Bordelaise L.H. 70". Retrieved 19 July 2013.

External links

• Media related to Société Aérienne Bordelaise at Wikimedia Commons
• Airwar - AB-80
• Le Trait d'Union - l'Aéronautique a Bacalan