Stampe et Vertongen

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Stampe & Vertongen SV-4 D-EBSH

Stampe et Vertongen was a Belgian aircraft manufacturer formed in 1922 and based at Antwerp. The company specialised in design and construction of primary trainers/tourers and advanced trainers. One of their products - the Stampe-Vertongen SV.4 - has become known in certain countries as just Stampe.

History[]

Established in 1922 with Alfred Renard as its chief designer, the company designed a series of trainer/tourer aircraft in the 1920s and 1930s, all prefixed RSV (for Renard, Stampe & Vertongen). In the early 1930s Alfred Renard left to join a company he had formed with his brother Georges Renard . The RSV company designation prefix then changed to SV. The company's most successful design was the SV.4 of 1933, a light tourer/trainer biplane powered by a de Havilland Gipsy III engine. Although only 35 were produced before the start of the war, a total of 940 were built, mainly under licence by other companies.

The company was renamed Stampe et Renard when Stampe-Vertongen merged with the Renard company. Owing to the German invasion production ceased on 10 May 1940. Post-war activities did not meet with much success, and the company closed down in 1957.

Aircraft[]

Stampe & Vertongen SV-4E OO-KAT
  • parasol-wing monoplane[1]
  • RSV.22-180 trainer biplane (variant: RSV.22-200)[2]
  • RSV.22-Lynx advanced trainer biplane[1]
  • RSV.22-Titan military biplane[3]
  • trainer biplane[4]
  • RSV.26-100 trainer/tourer biplane, convertible into a monoplane (variants: RSV.18-100, RSV.18-105)[5]
  • RSV.26-140 trainer biplane (variants: RSV.26-180, RSV.26-Lynx)[6]
  • RSV.28-180 advanced trainer biplane[1]
  • RSV.32-90 trainer biplane (variants: RSV.32-100, RSV.32-105, RSV.32-110, RSV.32-120, RSV.32-130)[7]
  • SV.4 trainer/tourer biplane[8]
  • SV.5 military training biplane[9]
  • SV.7 reconnaissance-bomber[10]
  • biplane bomber[10]
  • SV.18 lightweight parasol wing monoplane[1]

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b c d The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft, p.2955
  2. ^ Hauet 1984, p.16–19
  3. ^ Hauet 1984, p.19,22
  4. ^ Hauet 1984, p.16
  5. ^ Hauet 1984, p.22–26
  6. ^ Hauet 1984, p.13–16
  7. ^ Hauet 1984, p.9–13
  8. ^ Hauet 1984, p.72–86
  9. ^ Taylor 1989, p.829
  10. ^ a b Gunston 1993, p.290

References[]

  • Hauet, André (1984). Les avions Renard. Brussels: Éditions AELR.
  • The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.
  • Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions.

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