Fouga - Aviation
Fouga (also known as Air Fouga) was a French manufacturing company established by Gaston Fouga at Béziers during 1920. Originally specialising in the repair of railway rolling stock, the firm eventually became most noted for the aircraft it produced from its woodworking facilities at Aire-sur-l'Adour.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Fouga
- Company.successor
- Potez
- Company.foundation
- 1920
- Company.founder
- Gaston Fouga
- Company.defunct
- 1961
- Company.location_city
- Béziers
- Company.location_country
- France
- Company.area_served
- Worldwide
- Company.industry
- Aviation, Railway
- Company.products
- aircraft, rolling stock
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Fouga (also known as Air Fouga) was a French manufacturing company established by Gaston Fouga at Béziers during 1920. Originally specialising in the repair of railway rolling stock, the firm eventually became most noted for the aircraft it produced from its woodworking facilities at Aire-sur-l'Adour.
The most successful product to be created by Fouga was the CM.170 Magister, a postwar jet-powered military trainer aircraft derived from the firm's experiences with sailplanes. Many of its features, such as its slender tapering wings, reflecting the company's sailplane heritage. During May 1958, Fouga was acquired by rival French aircraft manufacturer Potez; the company's former facilities at Toulouse continue to produce aircraft as a part of the multinational Airbus Group.