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SOCATA 
Type Private Industry Aerospace Founded 1911 Headquarters Tarbes, France Products Fixed-wing aircraft and aircraft structures Parent DAHER (majority)
EADS (minority)Website http://www.daher.com/cms/aerospace/ SOCATA (also DAHER-SOCATA, formerly EADS Socata) is a producer of general aviation aircraft propelled by piston engines and turboprops, including business planes, small personal or training aircraft, as well as the production of aircraft structures for other manufacturers such as Airbus, Dassault, Embraer, Eurocopter and Lockheed Martin. The company headquarter is currently located in Tarbes, France.
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History
The history of Socata goes back to 1911 when the aircraft manufacturer Morane-Saulnier was founded. In 1966, Morane-Saulnier changed name to SOCATA (which is an abbreviation for Societe de Construction d'Avions de Tourisme et d'Affaires, French for "Company for the construction of aircraft for tourism and business") when the company was bought by Sud Aviation to produce small aircraft. In 2000 Socata became a wholly owned subsidiary of EADS.
On 27 June 2008, EADS announced its intention to sell a controlling interest in EADS Socata to DAHER.[1] On 3 November 2008, EADS and DAHER announced that they had reached an agreement for DAHER to acquire a 70% of Socata.[2] On 7 January 2009, DAHER confirmed its acquisition of a majority 70% stake in SOCATA.[3]
Products
EADS Socata TB 10 Tobago GT owned by Martinair flying school
EADS Socata TBM 850 at the Paris Air Show 2007- Aircraft currently being produced by Socata
- Aircraft produced by Socata in the past
- Rallye series
- ST 10 Diplomate
- TB 30 Epsilon
- TB 9 Tampico GT
- TB 10 Tobago GT
- TB 200 Tobago XL GT
- TB 20 Trinidad GT
- TB 21 Trinidad TC GT
- TBM 700
- Aircraft that never entered production
- TB 31 Omega
- TB 360 Tangara
Daher-Socata recently drew up plans to produce a 10-seat twin-engined jet,[4] but in August 2010 announced that launch would be postponed until 2011 at the earliest.[5]
References
- ^ Forbes / Thomson Financial News (2008), EADS to complete partial Socata sale to Daher within days, article retrieved July 2, 2008.
- ^ "Final agreement between EADS and the Daher group for Daher to take a majority interest in EADS Socata". EADS. http://www.eads.net/1024/en/pressdb/pressdb/EADS/20081103_eads_socata_daher.html. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
- ^ DAHER Group Confirms Signature of SOCATA Takeover Deal with EADS
- ^ "Daher seeks majority investor for new Socata jet, due 2010". http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/04/22/325421/daher-seeks-majority-investor-for-new-socata-jet-due.html. Retrieved 2010-08-16.
- ^ "Oshkosh: Daher-Socata jet launch pushed back until at least 2011". http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/08/11/345968/oshkosh-daher-socata-jet-launch-pushed-back-until-at-least.html. Retrieved 2010-08-16.
External links
- DAHER-SOCATA corporate website
- Socata TBM 850 Marketing website
- Socata TB Users Group website
- Socata TBM Owners and Pilots Association website
SOCATA aircraft Civilian Military TB 30 · TB 31
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