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''Avions Kellner-Béchereau'', known as Kellner-Béchereau, was a French aircraft manufacturer of the early 20th century. ==History== The company was founded in 1931 by Louis Béchereau together with the French automobile carriage-builder Georges Kellner.〔(Grandes figures gadzarts - Louis Béchereau )〕 The factory, located at Billancourt, began building light monoplanes.〔(Aviafrance - Avions Kellner-Béchereau )〕〔(Kellner-Bechereau UD 1933 )〕 In 1936–37 ''Avions Kellner-Béchereau'' built a short series of small monoplanes exploiting one of Louis Béchereau's patents, a full span lateral division of the wing into two sections forming a "double wing". The wing was first tested on the single-seat Kellner-Béchereau E.1 on 1936, which was followed by two larger and more powerful two-seaters, the Kellner-Béchereau EC.4 and ED.5. Both of these were designed to meet the French Air Ministry's requirement for a pre-military trainer aircraft to be used by the clubs set up in the "Aviation Populaire" programme. The Kellner-Béchereau designs, however, were not ordered for the ''Aviation Populaire'' programme, the Air Ministry opting in favour of the Caudron C.270 and the Salmson Cri-Cri which were both bought in large numbers. Instead, Kellner-Béchereau, along with other manufacturers, built the Cri-Cri under licence.〔 On the eve of the Second World War, Louis Béchereau conceived a monoplane, the Kellner-Béchereau E.60, also known as K.B.E 60, an embarked monoplane for the aircraft carriers of the French Navy, but its development was frustrated by events.〔(Kellner-Bechereau E-60 - Уголок неба )〕 In 1939 Georges Paulin, who in 1934 had designed the Peugeot ''601 Éclipse'' convertible automobile, joined the aerodynamical department of the Kellner-Béchereau factory. A member of the French Resistance, he was arrested in 1941 and executed the following year. The Kellner-Béchereau factory was destroyed by bombing in 1942 and the ''Avions Kellner-Béchereau'' company was subsequently merged with Morane-Saulnier. Louis Béchereau was given a post as a director at Morane-Saulnier until his retirement in 1950. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kellner-Béchereau」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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