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Schütte-Lanz Luftfahrzeugbau

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Luftschifflan Schutte-Lanz
Schütte-Lanz Luftfahrzeugbau

In 1909 Luftschifflan Schutte-Lanz was established to build airships. This company’s Luftfahrzeugbau was founded in 1915 at Zeesen, near Konigswusterhausen, Brandenburg, in recognition of the fact that airships must be supplemented by aeroplanes. The C-1 of 1915 had an unconventional engine installation; D-III built in 1916 was a single-seat fighter. Company built the Ago-Flugzeugwerke two-seat C.IV in quantity. Had studied ‘giant’ aircraft and was included in 1916 R-plane ‘giant’ programme. Contract awarded for six Staaken bombers. R.27-29 delivered late 1917 and became operational; three other Staaken machines (R.84- 86) unfinished at Armistice. Company also made special equipment (e.g. bomb gear and engine-room telegraphs) for other builders of giants, but own ambitious twin-boom project of 1917 remained unrealised. After aircraft work ended company remained as plywood manufacturer.

Schreck, Hydravions FBA

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France
Louis Schreck, the South American representative for Delaunay-Belleville automobiles, returned to France in 1909. He joined Hanriot at Juvissey and in 1911, jointly with engineer named Gaudard, designed D’Artois flying-boat.

Formed Hydravions Schreck FBA, and aided by British capital acquired Donnet-Leveque/Denhaut flying-boat patents, and was associated with that company until it was acquired by Bernard in 1934.

FBA 16 was side-by-side two-seat flying-boat; FBA 17 a utility type which established a seaplane height record in December 1923. A development was brought by US Coast Guard in 1931. In the later 1930s Schreck was carrying out flying-boat repairs and subcontract work.

Schoettler, Leopold Carl Ferdinand Friedrich

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In late 1923 Flight reported on what was claimed to be the first successful aircraft constructed in China. It was designed by the German engineer Leopold Carl Ferdinand Friedrich Schoettler (born April 7, 1881, in Bruchhausen-Vilsen, Germany; died September 27, 1948) but the only major components imported from Europe were the engine, instruments, wheels and dope for the fabric covering; everything else was locally produced from local materials by workers without aviation experience or modern machinery.

SF / Swiss Aircraft and System Co

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Switzerland
Schweizerische Unternehmung fur Flugzeuge und Systeme Entreprise Suisse d’Aeronautique et de Systemes Impresa Svizzera d’Aeronautica e Sistemi (Swiss Aircraft and System Company), founded 1996 from amalgamation of former F + W and industrial division of Swiss Air Force Logistics Command and various departments of Federal Ordnance Office. Continues work on Hornet and Airbus programs, plus Boeing 717 and MD-80, Rafale auxiliary tanks, Ariane rocket nose fairings, and more.