Nord Aviation
Nord Aviation was a state-owned
French aircraft manufacturer. It was created on October 1,
1954 upon the acquisition of
SFECMAS by
S.N.C.A.N. (
Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Nord). Paradoxically, the company was based in the centre of France, on the site of
Bourges airport, in the
département of
Cher. In
1970, Nord Aviation merged with
Sud Aviation to create Société Nationale d'Industrie Aérospatiale (SNIAS), later renamed
Aerospatiale and ultimately merged into European aerospace corporation
EADS in
2000.
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