EADS CASA

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EADS-CASA is a Spanish aircraft manufacturer, previously Construcciones Aeronáuticas, S.A. (CASA). It has been the Spanish branch of EADS since 1999.

Contents 1 History 1.1 CASA 1.2 EADS-CASA 2 Military Transport Aircraft Division (MTAD) 3 CASA aircraft 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

[edit] History

[edit] CASA

Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA was founded in 1923 in Seville, Spain by José Ortiz de Echagüe.

• In 1924 is inaugurated the factory in Getafe.

• In 1927 a manufacturing plant specialized in electronics was built in Cádiz.

• In 1930 was built the first airplane designed exclusively by CASA, the CASA I.

• In 1940 CASA starts to build Heinkel 111 aircraft under German license.

• In 1943 the Spanish government buys 33% of CASA.

• In 1945 a new manufacturing plant specialized in modeling was open in Madrid.

• In 1957 CASA gets the contract to keep and repair the F-100 aircraft of the USAF.

• In 1972 CASA became a member of the Airbus Consortium together with France, Germany and the United Kingdom.

[edit] EADS-CASA

Since 1999 CASA has become a part of EADS, the European aerospace corporation, with Aérospatiale-Matra of France, Dornier GmbH and DASA of Germany. Since then, the Spanish branch of EADS is called EADS-CASA.

The current CEO & Chairman of EADS-CASA is Carlos Suárez. Currently EADS-CASA has around 7,500 workers.

[edit] Military Transport Aircraft Division (MTAD)

The MTAD is part of EADS-CASA and is based in Madrid. One of the planes it produces is the Airbus A330-200 modified to provide air to air refuelling. They have provided one variant to the Australian air force and are providing another variant to the UK's Royal Air Force via the company AirTanker. MTAD's main focus is in the light to medium end of the military transport market covering 3 to 9 tonnes. It has over 700 aircraft flying of the types C-212, C-235 and C-295.

See [1]

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• CASA 352; license-built version of the German Junkers Ju 52 trimotor transport
• CASA 2.111; license-built version of the German Heinkel 111 bomber
• CASA 1.131 Jungmann; license-built version of the Bücker Bü 131
• CASA 1.133 Jungmeister; license-built version of the Bücker Bü 133
• CASA C-201 Alcotán
• CASA C-202 Halcón
• CASA C-207 Azor
• CASA C.127; license-built version of the Dornier Do 27
• CASA SF-5A; license-built version of the Northrop F-5A (also built two seater version as SF-5B)
• CASA SRF-5A; license-built version of the Northrop RF-5
• CASA C-223 Flamingo license-built version of the MBB 223 Flamingo
• CASA C-101 Aviojet
• CASA C-212 Aviocar
• CASA CN-235
• CASA C-295

[edit] See also

• CASA Espacio
• EADS

[edit] References

• Taylor, Michael J. H. (1993). Studio Editions. ed. London: Studio Editions. ISBN 1-85170-324-1.  Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation.

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: CASA

• EADS-CASA official site

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