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Aircraft Manufacturers Abbreviations
Here are a few of the complete names for the aircraft manufactures from WWI: Could this help anybody?
Austria-Hungary
-Brandenburg: Phonix Flugzeugwerke
-Phonix: Same as above
France
-Hanriot: SA des Appareils d'Aviation Hanriot (Anoynomous Society of Hanriot Aviation Materials)
-Morane-Saulnier: Aeroplanes Morane-Saulnier (Morane-Saulnier Aeroplanes)
-Nieuport: Societe Anonyme des Establissements Nieuport (Anoynomous Society of Nieuport Establishments)
-SPAD: Societe Anonyme pour l'Aviation et ses Derives (Anoynomous Society for Aviation and its derivates)
Germany
-Albatros: Albatros Werke
-Brandenburg: Hansa-und-Brandenburgische Flugzeugwerke
-Fokker: Fokker Flugzeugwerke GmbH
-Pfalz: Plafz Flugzeugwerke GmbH
Great Britain
-AIRCO: Aircraft Manufacturing Company
-Bristol: British & Colonial Aeroplane Co.
-Royal Aircraft Factory: Royal Aircraft Factory
-Sopwith: Sopwith Aviation Co. Ltd.
Italy
-Ansaldo: Aeronautico Ansaldo (Ansaldo Aeronautics)
-Caproni: Societa di Aviazione Ing. Caproni
-Pomilio: Fabbrica Aeroplani Ing. O. Pomilio & Compagnia
This list is by no way complete. I need your help in completing this list and offering translations when appropriate for the manufacturers. Please reply with manufacturers not mentioned and their complete name in the national language of the country. I will update the list from time to time
Thanks,
renefonck
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