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BUSINESS AVIATION 10 JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2018 AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE TECHNOLOGY • Propulsion and underwing, pylons and nacelle subassemblies, secondary vanes, fan cases • Airframes, for business aircraft, for helicop- ters, and subassemblies for commercial aircraft, floor structures • Fairings, wing to body fairings • Special products, like ducts and pipes, insula- tion systems, elementary aircraft parts • Defense equipment, shelters, containers, ground support equipment • Valves. Daher designs, manufactures, and assembles a range of high-performance prod- ucts for the primary and secondary cooling systems serving the nuclear and energy sectors. DAHER DELIVERS: • Nuclear services. After over 30 years of experi- ence in the sector, Daher has established itself as a major player in the global nuclear industry delivering turnkey services covering engineer- ing, project management, and operations. • Integrated logistics. Daher was founded on logistical challenges and they remain an integral part of the company today. This allows Daher to secure and optimize procurement to plants and to some of the world's largest projects. Thus Daher is a transport, logistics, industrial services, lead logistics, and service provider. Daher Engineering Daher's technical expertise and development know-how includes product development and MORANE-SAULNIER, SOCATA HISTORY LESSON In 1911 engineer Raymond Saulnier and pilot Léon Morane cre- ate one of the first aircraft manufacturing companies in the world: Morane-Saulnier. Morane-Saulnier became famous with shoulder-wing monoplane aircraft. One crossed the Mediterranean Sea, while another one flew from Key West to Cuba, both in 1913. Later with highwing series nicknamed 'Parasol' it was used initially as scout airplanes and became the first fighter aircraft at the beginning of World War I. Specialized in training and fighter aircraft, always monoplane, 10,000 Morane-Saulnier aircraft were produced by the company or licensed built until WW2. The war brought destruction of the factories in Northern France … and a new one in the south: Tarbes, which became soon Morane-Saulnier's main production center. In 1953 Fouga's flagship aircraft, the Fouga Magister is chosen by the French Air Force as its first jet trainer, but the manufacturer doesn't have the structure in place for mass production. So its rival Morane-Saulnier is called on to build the first 100 airframes and all the wings for this legendar y aircraft. This marks the start of the aerostructure manufacturing business. In 1954 Morane-Saulnier designs and builds the MS 760 Paris, the first business jet in the world. Robert Morane and Raymond Saulnier launch in 1960 an all- metal, lightweight, single piston powered modern aircraft: the MS 880 Rallye. A total of 3,300 Rallye aircraft in 34 different models came out of the Tarbes plant and were exported to around 65 countries. Founding fathers retired in 1963 and in 1966 the company was bought by Sud Aviation and became SOCATA. In 1977, SOCATA, the descendant of Morane-Saulnier, works to create a successor to the Rallye, and launches the TB. Its success enables SOCATA to sustainably break into the American market. More TB models follow and win over private customers and pilot schools around the world. INSIDE THE TBM maintenance facility at Tarbes, France. MARINO BORIC