Société Aérienne Bordelaise

The Société Aérienne Bordelaise (French pronunciation: [sɔsjete aeʁjɛn bɔʁdəlɛz]; SAB) was an aircraft manufacturing company based in Bordeaux, France.^[1] The predecessor company, Société de Travaux Dyle et Bacalan had been founded in 1879.^[2]

The Société Aérienne Bordelaise was established in 1930 when the Société de Travaux Dyle et Bacalan, which had specialized mainly in railways, public works and shipbuilding, decided to establish a branch dedicated to aeronautical construction.^[1] Most of the aircraft built by SAB remained in the project stage and no production followed.

In 1935 the Société Aérienne Bordelaise, like most private French aviation industries was nationalized,^[3] following which in 1936 it became part of the Société nationale des constructions aéronautiques du sud-ouest (SNCASO).^[1]

• SAB-SEMA 10 (Societé Aérienne Bordelaise – Societé d'Etudes de Materiel d'Aviation)
• SAB-SEMA 12 (Societé Aérienne Bordelaise – Societé d'Etudes de Materiel d'Aviation)
• SAB AB-20^[4][5]
• SAB AB-21^[5][6]
• SAB AB-22^[5]
• SAB AB-80^[5][7]
• SAB DB-80^[5]
• SAB DB-81^[5]
• SAB LH-70 (a.k.a. Lorraine Hanriot LH-70)^[8][9]
• SAB turret bomber (at least two built / converted with VERY large turrets)^{[citation needed]}

• Media related to Société Aérienne Bordelaise at Wikimedia Commons
• Airwar - AB-80
• Le Trait d'Union - l'Aéronautique a Bacalan