Manufacturer

Eipper-Formance / Eipper Aircraft 

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1974

Eipper-Formance Inc

Box 246

Lomita

Califirnia 90717

USA

Previously called Eipper‑formance, after Dick Eipper, this San Marcos company was renamed Eipper Aircraft in October 1982.

1982: Eipper Aircraft, 1080 Linda Vista Drive, San Marcos, California 92069, USA.

In 1983 the plant moved to larger quarters in Temecula, California, to accommodate increased production, a worldwide dealer network and more than 100 employees.

1995: PO Box 1572, Temecula, CA 92593, USA.

EH Industries / Elicotteri Helicopter Industries Ltd

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Established 1980 by Agusta of Italy and Westland of U.K. (now GKN Westland) to develop and manufacture the EH 101 medium multirole helicopter (first flown October 1987); offered in Naval, Utility, SAR, and Civil versions. The Royal Navy is receiving (since 1997) 44 as Merlin HM Mk 1s to replace Sea Kings and the RAF is receiving 22 Merlin HC Mk 3s, while the Italian Navy wants 16 for antisubmarine/ anti-ship, utility, and airborne early warning roles. First Civil variant went to the Tokyo Police in 1998.
Founded in January 1992, Eurocopter is now said to be the first fully integrated European Aeronautical company. Up to 1997 Eurocopter Holdings SA, which owned 75 percent of Eurocopter SA, had been owned by Aerospatiale of France and Daimler-Benz Aerospace of Germany. Since 1997 all the participants have been merged, only Eurocopter Deutschland remaining as a Eurocopter-owned subsidiary. Several of the older helicopters originated as Aerospatiale or MBB types.
In 1998 Eurocopter delivered 216 new helicopters to customers and received orders for 272, giving the company a turnover that year of about 11.1 thousand million Francs. Its product range in 1999 includes the twin-engined civil Super Puma AS 332 (first flown September 1978) and military Cougar AS 532 variant, light multirole AS 350 Ecureuil (first flown June 1974) and military Fennec AS 550 variant, twin-engined Ecureuil AS 355 (first flown September 1979) plus similar Fennec AS 555 military version, the larger 12-passenger Dauphin AS 365 N (first flown as Panther AS 365 M in February 1984) and military Panther AS 565, new-generation EC 155 “wide-body” medium-twin (first flown June 1997), BO 105 (first flown February 1967) and EC Super Five related light helicopter, EC 135/635 civil/military light multipurpose helicopters (first flown as EC 135 February 1994), and Tiger (Tigre) anti-armour, combat support, plus escort/support tandem two-seater (first flown April 1991). Eurocopter also participates in the Colibri EC 120 B light civil helicopter program with China and Singapore (first flown June 1995), the BK117 program with Kawasaki of Japan (first flown June 1979), in Euromil with Mil of Russia, and in the NH Industries NH90.

EFW (Eidgenössische Flugzeugwerke) / F+W / EKW / Eidgenossische Konstruktions Werkstätte / Federal Construction Workshop / Eidgenossiches Flugzeugwerke / Elbe Flugzeugwerke / Fabrique Federale D’avions

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Eidgenössiche (Constructions) Werkstätte was formed at Thun early in First World War. Made aircraft to designs of A. Haefeli, who was earlier with Farman and Ago. First was DH-1 pusher (six built in 1916) showing Ago influence; DH-2 was tractor which went into production as developed DH-3 (110 of these two-seaters built). DH-4 was fighter prototype of 1918; DH-5 (1919; 60 built) a DH-3 replacement; DH-5A a higher-powered version of 1928, with steel-tube fuselage (22 built). To a government specification of 1934 it built the C-35 multipurpose two-seat biplane as a replacement for the Fokker C.V-E, which it resembled, and which the company had produced jointly with Dornier since 1932.
The Eidgenos¬sische Konstruktions Werkstatte (EKW) built the Fokker C.V E under licence.
EKW (Eidgenossische Konstruktions Werkstätte, or Federal Construction Workshop) became EFW.
In 1932 Dornier production was resumed in Germany. The Swiss factory subsequently became the Eidgenossisches Flugzeugwerk. Founded 1934 as government-run R&D organization, with manufacturing, maintenance and upgrading capabilities. In an official specification of 1934 the company had designed the C-36 monoplane.
Newly named EFW, it revived the design in 1938 and built 160 as C-3603. Of C-3604 development, only 13 were built.
EFW began in 1955 manufacturing the Ilyushin Il-14P under licence, as well as development of the Baade 152.

After the war became responsible for Swiss license production of various foreign aircraft for Swiss Air Force, including the British Vampire, Venom and Hunter (under Hawker Siddeley contract), several versions of French Mirage and US F-5E/F combat aircraft, plus French Alouette III helicopter. Produced C-3605 as turboprop conversion of wartime C-3603 fighter-bomber, used for target-towing.
Adopted F + W title in 1972 from former EFW and two other used names. Subsequent work has included assembly of Hawk trainers, Hornet fighters, component production for Airbus and McDonnell Douglas airliners, manufacture of missiles, and more.
Later became a subsidiary of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS),

EEUFMG / CEA-UFMG / Center for Aeronautical Studies at the Federal University of Minas Gerais

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Professor Claudio Pinto de Barros was head of the CEA (Centro de Estudos Aeronauticos, or Air Research Centre) of the Engineering School at Minas Gerais Federal University – the Escola de Engenharia da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, or EEUFMG.

The CEA-311 Anequim was built by students of the Center for the study of Aeronautical Engineering at the Federal University of Minas Gerais in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, directed by Professor Paulo Iscold.

The school’s program was started in the early 1960s with a sailplane named CB-1 Gaviota, which was engineered by professor Cláudio Pinto de Barros, who founded CEA at age 25.

CEA stands for the Portuguese name for the Center for Aeronautical Studies. The number 3 denotes an airplane (1 is for sailplane and 2 is for ultralight). And the remaining two numbers are the order numbers for the design. Only seven airplanes have been built at the school, but Anequim is the 11th design produced.