Société de Constructions et d'Aviation Légère

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Société Constructions d'Aviation Légère (SCAL)
Company typeaircraft design and manufacture
Industryaircraft
Founded1936
Defunctc. 1948
Fateceased operations
HeadquartersParis, France
Key people
Felix and Antoine Bassou
Productslight aircraft

Société Constructions d'Aviation Légère (SCAL) was a small French aircraft manufacturer of light aircraft during the 1930s and 1940s.

Company history[edit]

SCAL was established in 1936 by the brothers Felix and Antoine Bassou with a factory in Paris. The company designed and built a small series of light two-seat sporting and touring aircraft for use by private pilot owners. The last design appeared c. 1938 and the company is no longer in existence.

Aircraft designs[edit]

Three SCAL types were flown.

The sole FB.41 Rubis at St Cyr l'Ecole airfield near Paris in 1957

The FB.20 was a monoplane from about 1936 but beyond that nothing further is known.[1]

The FB.30/31 was a pusher, twin boom, two seat touring aircraft: three built, with different engines.

The FB.40/1 was a side-by-side seat biplane trainer. Two different engines were available pre-war and other engines were used post-war.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Les Grandes Competitions de 1936". Les Ailes (775): 12. 23 April 1936.

Bibliography[edit]

  • Butler, P.H. (1964). French Civil Aircraft Register. Merseyside Society of Aviation Enthusiasts.
  • Jackson, A.J. (1974). British Civil Aircraft since 1919, Volume 3. Putnam & Company Ltd. ISBN 0-370-10014-X.

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