Société des Avions Bernard

The company was founded in April 1917 by Adolf Bernard under the name Etablissements Adolphe Bernard . Initially engaged in the licensed release of SPAD fighters. After World War I, it was reorganized into Société Industrielle des Métaux et du Bois ("SIMB"), which was not associated with aviation until 1922, when the corresponding department was formed under the leadership of designer Jean Hubert .

In 1927 , the company went bankrupt , but was recreated as Société des Avions Bernard (SAB). Then she led a small-scale production of passenger liners for CIDNA airline and built record aircraft, in particular, to participate in competitions for the Schneider Cup . However, it was her advanced technologies, which were somewhat ahead of time, that prevented greater commercial success.

The expansion that was outlined in 1935 after the acquisition of Hydravions Louis Schreck FBA did not take place in connection with the French government's nationalization of aircraft manufacturing companies that same year, which led to another bankruptcy.

In 1937, on the basis of the purchased assets, one Marcel Chassagni created Capra ( Compagnie anonyme de production et réalisation aéronautique ), which produces subcontracting components for airline companies. In 1941, it was renamed “ Matra ” and further works under this name, successively joining Lagardere , Aérospatiale and now EADS .

Etablissements Adolphe Bernard

• Bernard AB 1 Twin-engine medium bomber. Built 11, 1918; AB 2 is a project with more powerful engines.
• Bernard AB 3 AB 1 Postage, 1920.
• Bernard AB 4 Incomplete passenger version of AB 2, was presented at the exhibition in 1919.

Société Industrielle des Métaux et du Bois (SIMB)

• Bernard AB.C1 Fighter, 1922, before the first flight renamed from AB.C1.
• Bernard SIMB AB 3M Two-body three-engine bomber. Two unfinished specimens, 1923. There was a draft civilian version of AB 3 T.
• Bernard SIMB V.1 Racing. Built 1, 1924. In December of that year, he set a world speed record (448.771 km / h).
• Bernard SIMB V.2 V.1 with reduced wingspan. Built 1, 1924. There was a project with retractable V.3 chassis.
• Bernard SIMB AB 10 Reworked project AB.C1, 1924.
• Bernard SIMB AB 10T Three-engine 18-seat seaplane, unfinished, 1925.
• Bernard SIMB AB 12 Fighter. Built 1, 1926.
• Bernard SIMB AB 14 Fighter. Built 1, 1925.
• Bernard SIMB AB 15 Fighter. Built 1, 1926.
• Bernard SIMB AB 16 Three-engine, 5-seater "colonial" aircraft. Built 1, 1927.

Société des Avions Bernard (SAB)

• Bernard 18 8-seater transport aircraft. Built 2, 1927, remade to attempt transatlantic flight.
• Bernard 190 10-seat transport aircraft, Built on 14, 1928. The record F-AJGP “L'Oiseau Canari” is the first French aircraft to fly across the Atlantic.
• Bernard 20 Twin fighter. Built 1, 1929.
• Bernard 30 T Duplex transport aircraft. Incomplete, 1931.
• Bernard HV 40 Single racing seaplane. Built 1 1929.
• Bernard HV 41 Single racing seaplane. Built 1 1929.
• Bernard HV 42 Single racing seaplane. Built 3, one redone from HV 41, 1931.
• Bernard H 52 Single ejection seaplane fighter. Built 2, 1933.
• Bernard 60 T three-engine 14-seater transport aircraft. Built 2, 1929.
• Bernard 70 A small series of single-seat single-engine fighters and sports aircraft. Built 3, 1929.
• Bernard 80 GR Long-range record aircraft. Built 1, 1930. Redone in 81 GR.
• Bernard 82 Bernard 80 in the bomber version. Built 2, 1933. Bernard 86 - experimental version with a diesel engine, 1936.
• Bernard H 110 Single seaplane fighter. Built 1, 1935.
• Bernard HV 120 Single racing seaplane. Built 2, 1930.
• Bernard 160 Colonial multipurpose military aircraft. Built 2, 1932.
• Bernard 200 Small series of 3-4 local light aircraft. Built 4, 1932.
• Bernard HV 220 Single racing seaplane. Built 1, 1931.
• Bernard 260 Single Fighter. Built 2, one flown, 1932.
• Bernard HV 320 Single racing seaplane. Not flown, 1931.
• Bernard V.4 Development of HV 120. Did not fly, 1933.

• Louis Beshero

• Gunston, Bill. World Encyclopedia of Aircraft Manufacturers. - Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1993. - P. 46–47.
• Liron, JL Les avions Bernard. - Paris: Éditions Larivère, 1990.

• Adolphe-Bernard et la SIMB (neopr.) . (fr.)
• Bernard aircraft on airspot.ru