Société Industrielle Pour l’Aéronautique

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Société Industrielle Pour l’Aéronautique (SIPA) was a French aircraft manufacturer established in 1938 by Émile Dewoitine after his previous company, Avions Dewoitine, was nationalized the year before. From 1938-1940, SIPA principally manufactured parts for other French aircraft companies. After WWII, it began developing a series of trainers for the French Air Force; its S-200 ‘Minijet’, first flown in 1952, was world's first all-metal two-seat light jet. SIPA was taken over by Société Nationale Industrielle AéroSpatiale (SNIAS) – more commonly known as "Aérospatiale" – in 1975.

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

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