Chantiers Aéro-Maritimes de la Seine
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Chantiers Aéro-Maritimes de la Seine, most usually known as CAMS was a French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 manufacturer of flying boat
Flying boat
A flying boat is a fixed-winged seaplane with a hull, allowing it to land on water. It differs from a float plane as it uses a purpose-designed fuselage which can float, granting the aircraft buoyancy. Flying boats may be stabilized by under-wing floats or by wing-like projections from the fuselage...

s, founded in Saint-Ouen
Saint-Ouen, Seine-Saint-Denis
Saint-Ouen is a commune in the Seine-Saint-Denis department. It is located in the northern suburbs of Paris, France 6.6 km from the centre of Paris....

 in November 1920
1920 in aviation
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1920:- Events :*Juan de la Cierva y Cordoniu invents the autogyro. His first autogyro, the Cierva C.1, fails to become airborne, but is the first aircraft to demonstrate the principle of autorotation as it taxis on the ground.*The Argentine Navy...

 by Lawrence Santoni. Initially, the company built Società Idrovolanti Alta Italia (SIAI) designs under licence, but in 1922 it lured Raffaele Conflenti away from SIAI to become head designer, after which it generated its own aircraft designs. CAMS' most noteworthy products were flying boat designs that saw widespread long-term use in the French Navy.

CAMS was purchased and absorbed by the French aircraft manufacturing firm Potez
Potez
Potez was a French aircraft manufacturer founded as Aéroplanes Henry Potez by Henry Potez at Aubervilliers in 1919. The firm began by refurbishing war-surplus SEA IV aircraft, but was soon building new examples of an improved version, the Potez VII...

 in 1933
1933 in aviation
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1933:- Events :* The United States Coast Guard requests authorization to construct its first cutters with a capability of carrying aircraft.* Tokyo conducts it first blackout exercise....

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Aircraft

  • CAMS 30
    CAMS 30
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    E (1922) - single-engine, two-seat biplane flying boat used for training
  • CAMS 30
    CAMS 30
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    T (1924) - a single-engine, four-seat biplane flying boat derived from the CAMS 30. It was used in 1924 to set a speed record for passenger-carrying flying boats
  • CAMS 31
    CAMS 31
    The CAMS 31 was a 1920s French single-seat fighter biplane flying-boat designed and built by Chantiers Aéro-Maritimes de la Seine .-Design and development:...

     (1922) - prototype flying boat
  • CAMS 33B (1923) - two-engine, four-seat push-pull biplane reconnaissance flying boat
  • CAMS 36
  • CAMS 33T (1923) - two-engine, nine-seat push-pull biplane personnel transport flying boat
  • CAMS 37
    CAMS 37
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      (1926) - single-engine, two-seat biplane trainer/utility flying boat
  • CAMS 38
    CAMS 38
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     single seat racer
  • CAMS 46
    CAMS 46
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    E (1926) Basic flying boat trainer
  • CAMS 46
    CAMS 46
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    ET (1926) Intermediate flying boat trainer for Aeronavale
  • CAMS 50
  • CAMS 51
    CAMS 51
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      (1926) - two-engine, six-seat push-pull biplane transport floatplane
  • CAMS 52
  • CAMS 53  (1928) - two-engine, six-seat push-pull biplane transport floatplane
  • CAMS 54
  • CAMS 55  (1928) - two-engine, five-seat push-pull biplane transport floatplane
  • CAMS 80
  • CAMS 90
  • CAMS 110 (1934) - two-engine, biplane transport floatplane, only the single prototype was built
  • CAMS 120
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