# Société des Avions Bernard

Société des Avions Bernard (English: Bernard Aircraft Company) was a French aircraft manufacturer of the early 20th century.

## History

The company was founded in April 1917 by Adolphe Bernard as Etablissements Adolphe Bernard to licence-build SPAD fighters. Immediately after the war the company was reorganised as Société Industrielle des Métaux et du Bois ("SIMB") to cover a wider product range. It built no new aircraft until 1922, when an aircraft division was formed with Jean Hubert as head designer. The company was bankrupt in 1927.
Bernard re-formed it a last time under the name Société des Avions Bernard to build a small production run of airliners for CIDNA. In 1935, Hydravions Louis Schreck FBA was purchased. However, the business was struggling again before the French aviation industry was nationalised in 1935.

## Aircraft

The list shows those types which were at least partially built. Data and naming style from Liron (1990).
Etablissements Adolphe Bernard
* Bernard AB 1 Twin engine medium bomber. 11 built. 1918. The AB 2 was a proposed higher power version.
* Bernard AB 3 Post carrying version of AB 1, 1920.
* Bernard AB 4 Unfinished passenger version of AB 2, exhibited 1919.
Société Industrielle des Métaux et du Bois (S.I.M.B.)
* Bernard AB.C1 Fighter, 1922 redesignated AB 10 before first flight.
* Bernard SIMB AB 3M Twin-fuselage, three-engine bomber. Two unfinished, 1923. The AB 3 T was a proposed civil version.
* Bernard SIMB V.1 Racer. One built, 1924.
* Bernard SIMB V.2 V.1 with shorter span. One built, 1924. The V.3 was a proposed development with retractable undercarriage.
* Bernard SIMB AB 10 Revision of AB.C1, 1924.
* Bernard SIMB AB 10T Three-engined, eighteen-seat seaplane, unfinished, 1925.
* Bernard SIMB AB 12 Fighter. One built, 1926.
* Bernard SIMB AB 14 Fighter. One built, 1925.
* Bernard SIMB AB 15 Fighter. One built, 1926.
* Bernard SIMB AB 16 Three-engine, five-seat "colonial" type. One built, 1927.
Société des Avions Bernard (S.A.B.)
* Bernard 18 Eight-seat transports. Two built, 1927
* Bernard 190 Ten-seat transports, Fourteen built, 1928.
* Bernard 20 Single-seat fighter. One built, 1929.
* Bernard 30 T Twin-fuselage transport. Unfinished 1931.
* Bernard HV 40 Single-seat racing floatplane. One built 1929.
* Bernard HV 41 Single-seat racing floatplane. One built 1929.
* Bernard HV 42 Single-seat racing training floatplane. Three built, one converted from HV 41, 1931.
* Bernard H 52 Single-seat catapult launched floatplane fighter. Two built, 1933.
* Bernard 60 T Three-engine fourteen-seat transport. Two built, 1929.
* Bernard 70 Series of single-seat, single-engine sports and fighters. Three built, 1929.
* Bernard 80 GR Long-range record holder. One built, 1930. Modified into 81 GR.
* Bernard 82 Bomber variants of Bernard 80. Two built, 1933. The Bernard 86 was an experimental diesel powered modification, 1936.
* Bernard H 110 Single-seat floatplane fighter. One built, 1935.
* Bernard HV 120 Single-seat racing floatplane. Two built, 1930.
* Bernard 160 Colonial military multi-role aircraft. Two built, 1932.
* Bernard 200 Series of three/four-seat light aircraft. Four built, 1932.
* Bernard HV 220 Single-seat racing floatplane. One built, 1931.
* Bernard 260 Single-seat fighter. Two built, one flown, 1932.
* Bernard HV 320 Single-seat racing seaplane. Not flown, 1931.
* Bernard V.4 Derivative of HV 120. Not flown, 1933.