The S.A. des Chantiers aéronavals Étienne Romano (CAER) was an aircraft manufacturing company based in Cannes, France.Cannes Aéro Spatial Patrimoine - Histoires extraordinaires: L’Établissement d'aerospatiale Cannes The predecessor company, Chantiers aéronavals de la Méditerranée had been founded by Étienne Romano in 1921.
History André Auniac and Étienne Romano founded the SA des Chantiers aéronavals Étienne Romano archivesjournaux.ville-cannes.fr Le Littoral, 18 August 1929 (1st part) & (2d part) on 16 August 1929. The factory was ideally located between the Mediterranean Sea and a flat expanse of grassland where the planes could take-off and land. That field would become later Cannes – Mandelieu Airport. In 1931 the Romano factory became operational and full production started.
On 11 August 1936 the Romano company was nationalizedIl y a 75 ans, les nationalisations de l’aéronautique française following which in 1937 it was merged with Lioré et Olivier, Potez, CAMS and SPCA in order to form the Société nationale des constructions aéronautiques du Sud-Est (SNCASE) on 1 February 1937.
Aircraft
R.3 R.4 R.5 R.6 R.15 R.16 R.80 R.82 R.83 R.90 R.92 R.110 R.120
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Étienne Romano Aviastar - Romano Aircraft Spanish Civil War Aircraft Alcatel space à Cannes; Plus qu’une entreprise, une légende Aero Journal Les Bimoteurs Romano