Aircraft Manufacture
It moved to Billancourt and manufactured the Salmson 9 series of air and water-cooled radial engines. During World War I Salmson made its first complete aeroplanes, mainly the two-seat fighter/reconnaissance plane, the Salmson 2A2. These were used in combat by both the French and the American Expeditionary force. The company also designed a prototype of a single seat scout/fighter, the Salmson 3, but this was not produced in large quantities.
Salmson aircraft were also used for air mail to India in (1911).
Aeroplane manufacturing moved to Villeurbanne near Lyon.
Two world records were set by Maryse Bastié who flew Le Bourget to Moscow (1931).
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