Socata

French company

Also known as: Société de Construction d’Avions de Tourisme et d’Affaires(Show More)

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Socata was a French company that emerged from a realignment of French aircraft manufacturers in 1966. It continued production of the Rallye, a two-passenger monoplane, and also developed larger, more powerful single-engine business planes with retractable landing gear. The Socata Tobago and Trinidad series became competitive in the North American market by the 1990s due to their performance and reliability.1

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…de Tourisme et d’Affaires, or Socata. The new company continued to build the proven Rallye, a trim two-passenger monoplane, but achieved notable success with its own range of larger, more powerful single-engine business planes with retractable gear. By the 1990s, the performance and reliability of the Socata Tobago and Trinidad…
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…de Tourisme et d’Affaires, or Socata. The new company continued to build the proven Rallye, a trim two-passenger monoplane, but achieved notable success with its own range of larger, more powerful single-engine business planes with retractable gear. By the 1990s, the performance and reliability of the Socata Tobago and Trinidad…
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