Empresa Aeronáutica Ypiranga
Empresa Aeronáutica Ypiranga, commonly shortened to EAY, was a Brazilian aircraft manufacturer based in São Paulo and founded in 1931 by American Orton Hoover,[1] Brazilian Henrique Dumont Villares and German Fritz Roesler.[2]
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| Industry | Aerospace |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1931 |
| Defunct | 1942 |
| Fate | Merged |
| Successor | Companhia Aeronáutica Paulista |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | Aircraft |
History
In 1914, Orton Hoover came to Brazil to assemble three Curtiss-Wright seaplanes purchased by the Brazilian Navy. He settled permanently in Brazil in 1928 and worked with Federico Brotero on the development of the IPT Bichinho[3] a single-seat sport aircraft. Henrique Dumont Villares was the nephew of Alberto Santos Dumont and Fritz Roesler was a German fighter pilot in World War I before going to Brazil. Roesler founded a flight school near São Paulo in 1923 and, together with George Coubisier, Francisco Matarazzo and others, the VASP airline.
Empresa Aeronáutica Ypiranga began operations with the production of the EAY-101 glider, a copy of the Stamer Lippisch Zögling, of which six were built. The second aircraft model EAY-201 was a copy of the Taylor Cub. The EAY-201 was a two-seat trainer aircraft and first flew in 1935, with only five examples built. EAY was then acquired by Companhia Aeronáutica Paulista in 1942. The EAY-201 now continued in production as the CAP-4 Paulistinha.[4]
Aircraft
| Model name | First flight | Number built | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| EAY Primário | 3 | High-wing Glider | |
| EAY Secundário | 6 | High-wing Glider | |
| EAY Ypiranga | 1935 | 5 | Two-seat Trainer Aircraft |
References
- biography-of-Orton Hoover (in English) retrieved September 9, 2012
- Archived (Date missing) at captain.lucyl.nom.br (Error: unknown archive URL)
- A photo of the IPT-0-Bichinho on flickr.com
- Gunston, Bill (1993). World Encyclopedia of Aircraft Manufacturers. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. p. 70.