Hispano Aviación was a Hispano-Suiza aircraft factory in Andalusia, southern Spain which became a separate enterprise when taken over by the Francisco Franco led "Nationalist" forces in 1939, during the Spanish Civil War.
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Located in Tablada, in the Triana district of Seville, the Hispano factory produced several aircraft designs, including the HA-1109 also named Me-109J, Spanish licence built version of the famous Messerschmitt Bf 109G equipped with a 1,300 hp Hispano-Suiza 12Z engine, HA-1112 (HA-1109 re-engined with Rolls-Royce Merlin),[1] Hispano HA-100 Triana; the Hispano HA-200 Saeta jet trainer and light attack aircraft designed by Professor Willy Messerschmitt.[2]
Hispano Aviación was taken over by Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA (CASA) in 1972, which is now part of Airbus.
Notes
edit- ^ "The last in a long line, by J.A. Guerrero. AERONAUTICA andaluza Nº26 review, 2013". Archived from the original on 2015-09-25. Retrieved 2017-12-14.
- ^ Green, 1955, p.100
Bibliography
edit- Green, William (1955). The Aircraft of the World. Macdonald & Co Publishers Ltd.