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Manufacturing Aircraft Since 1911...

The origins of EADS Socata reach back to aviation manufacturing Morane-Saulnier, founded in 1911, whose aircraft accomplished some aviation firsts:

First air crossing of the Mediterranean Sea (1913)
First machine-gun firing through the propeller system (1915)
First sliding canopy (1935)
First business jet with the MS 760 Paris Jet (1954)
First civilian pressurized turboprop to be certified with the TBM700 (1990)

Between Morane-Saulnier and EADS Socata, a total of 17,000 Aircraft of 94 different types have been built.

EADS Socata
Aéroport de Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées
65921 Tarbes Cedex 9
France

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