Société Industrielle Pour l’Aéronautique

The Société Industrielle Pour l' Aéronautique ( SIPA ) was a French aircraft manufacturer, founded in 1938 by Émile Dewoitine, after his former company Avions Dewoitine, was nationalized last year. From 1938-1940 SIPA acted as a supplier of aircraft components for other French companies.

After the Second World War, the development of a series of training aircraft for the French Air Force began.

In 1947, SIPA won a competition for a new two- seat trainer and touring aircraft for the French Aero Club and he produced 113 copies of the SIPA p.90 - series .. From then developed SIPA S.1000 Coccinelle were built 1956/57, only three specimens.

The SIPA S.200 Minijet, flew for the first time in 1952 and was the first lightweight two-seater Ganzmetalljet world.

SIPA was taken over in 1975 by Aérospatiale.