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SNCASO

Société nationale des constructions aéronautiques du Sud-Ouest
IndustryAerospace, defence
PredecessorBlériot, (Suresnes)
Bloch (Villacoublay)
Lioré et Olivier (Rochefort)
3 others
Founded1936
Defunct1957 (1957)
FateMerged to form Sud Aviation
SuccessorSud Aviation
Headquarters
France
ProductsAircraft

SNCASO (abbreviated from Société nationale des constructions aéronautiques du Sud-Ouest [sɔsjete nɑsjɔnal de kɔ̃stʁyksjɔ̃ aeʁɔnotik dy syd wɛst]), or commonly Sud-Ouest, was a French aircraft manufacturer.

Created during 1936 as one of seven nationalised aeronautical manufacturing companies, SNCASO became a key French aircraft manufacturer following the end of the Second World War. It produced numerous innovation aircraft; amongst the company's more notable projects was the first French jet aircraft, the Sud-Ouest Triton, and the first indigenously-developed French helicopter, the Sud-Ouest Djinn.

On 1 March 1957, SNCASO merged with another French nationalised aviation company, SNCASE, (Société nationale des constructions aéronautiques du Sud-Est), to form Sud Aviation.


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