Compagnie Française d'Aviation

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Compagnie Française d'Aviation (usually known as CFA) was a French aircraft manufacturer of the 1930s and 1940s. It was established in 1936 as a division of the Salmson engine company to handle the mass production of the Cricri light aircraft.

Salmson aerospace and automotive manufacturer

Salmson is a French engineering company. Initially a pump manufacturer, it turned to automobile and aeroplane manufacturing in the 20th century, returning to pump manufacturing in the 1960s, and re-expanded to a number of products and services in the late 20th and into the 21st century. It is headquartered in Chatou and has production facilities in Laval. It has subsidiaries in Argentina, Italy, Lebanon, Portugal, South Africa and Vietnam.

Mass production production of large amounts of standardized products

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Salmson Cricri sport aircraft

The Salmson Cricri ("Cricket") was a French light aircraft of the 1930s. It was a conventional, parasol-wing monoplane with fixed tailskid undercarriage and seating in tandem open cockpits for the pilot and passenger.

D.7 Cricri Major built by CFA in 1947 at Pontoise airfield near Paris in 1967 CFA D.7 Cricri Major F-BFNG Pontoise 02.06.67.jpg
D.7 Cricri Major built by CFA in 1947 at Pontoise airfield near Paris in 1967

Manufacturing was interrupted by World War II, but was revived on a small scale thereafter. By 1951, their CFA D.7 Cricri Major design and its derivatives were thoroughly outdated, and the company was dissolved at this time.

CFA D.7 Cricri Major

The CFA D.7 Cricri Major was a French-built light civil aircraft of the 1940s.

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