ASTRA

Astra Société de Constructions Aéronautiques was major producer of balloons and non-rigid airships up to 1920. Licence to make Wright Flyers (1909) led to derived Astra-Wright C (commercial) and CM (military) biplanes, latter more powerful (usually 100-hp Renault). Both available on floats. Merged Nieuport 1921.

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