Chantiers Aéro-Maritimes de la Seine

Chantiers Aéro-Maritimes de la Seine, most usually known as CAMS was a French manufacturer of flying boats, founded in Saint-Ouen in November 1920 by Lawrence Santoni. Initially, the company built Società Idrovolanti Alta Italia (SIAI) designs under licence, but in 1922 it lured Raffaele Conflenti away from SIAI to become head designer, after which it generated its own aircraft designs. CAMS' most noteworthy products were flying boat designs that saw widespread long-term use in the French Navy.

CAMS was purchased and absorbed by the French aircraft manufacturing firm Potez in 1933.

Aircraft

Nose of the seaplane C.A.M.S. 110

• CAMS 30E (1922) - single-engine, two-seat biplane flying boat used for training
• CAMS 30T (1924) - a single-engine, four-seat biplane flying boat derived from the CAMS 30. It was used in 1924 to set a speed record for passenger-carrying flying boats
• CAMS 31 (1922) - prototype flying boat
• CAMS 33B (1923) - two-engine, four-seat push-pull biplane reconnaissance flying boat
• CAMS 36
• CAMS 33T (1923) - two-engine, nine-seat push-pull biplane personnel transport flying boat
• CAMS 37 (1926) - single-engine, two-seat biplane trainer/utility flying boat
• CAMS 38 single seat racer
• CAMS 46E (1926) Basic flying boat trainer
• CAMS 46ET (1926) Intermediate flying boat trainer for Aeronavale
• CAMS 50
• CAMS 51 (1926) - two-engine, six-seat push-pull biplane transport floatplane
• CAMS 52
• CAMS 53 (1928) - two-engine, six-seat push-pull biplane transport floatplane
• CAMS 54
• CAMS 55 (1928) - two-engine, five-seat push-pull biplane transport floatplane
• CAMS 80
• CAMS 90
• CAMS 110 (1934) - two-engine, biplane transport floatplane, only the single prototype was built
• CAMS 120

References

• Gunston, Bill (1993). World Encyclopedia of Aircraft Manufacturers. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. pp. 66–67. 

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