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
the products - the Stampe
SV.4 - has become well known
as just Stampe.
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 and Vertongen). In
the early 1930s Alfred
Renard left to join a
company he had formed with
his brother Georges Renard Société
Anonyme d'Avions et de
Moteurs 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 IIIengine.
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
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.
Source:
Wikipedia
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