Société Boisavia

History

The Société Boisavia was a French aircraft manufacturer. The company was founded in 1946 by Lucien Tieles. He began in 1946 in order to develop the B-50 Muscadet. In 1948, Claude Piel the company that in 1952 he again left, in and began his career in the aerospace industry. The company produced a series of light - sport aircraft or of which the most successful was the D.60 Mercurey whose production ended in 1962.

Products

• B-50 Muscadet (1946 ) two-seat sport plane
• D.60 Mercurey (1949 ) four-seat sports and multi-purpose aircraft (46 built )
• D.80 Chablis (1950 ) two-seat sport aircraft, planned as a kit for home builders (2 built )
• B.260 Anjou (1956 ) twin-engine four-seat touring aircraft

For more information

• Bill Gunston: World Encyclopedia of Aircraft Manufacturers. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, 1993, p 53
• R. W. Simpson: Airlife 's General Aviation. Airlife Publishing, Shrewsbury 1995, pp. 408-409.