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Shchetinin

4 aircraft types.

Shchetinin was the first Russian aviation company. It was founded in St. Petersburg in 1910 under the name Pervoye Rossiyskoye Tovarishchestvo Vozdukhoplavaniya S. S. Shchetinin i Ko. The company was led by the famous pilot S. S. Shchetinin and the lead designer was Dmitry Pavlovich Grigorovich. The company focused mainly on a series of flying boats, which initially were modeled after the American aircraft Curtiss Model K. A lengthy series of aircraft, starting with the designation letter "M" (Marine) followed. Famous aircraft were the M-5, M-9, M-11/M-12, M-15, M-16 and M-24/M-24bis.

Founded
1909
Country
Russian Empire
Headquarters
Saint Petersburg

Company facts via Wikidata (CC0)/Wikipedia.

Aircraft types

M-11
M-11
1916 fighter flying boat model by Grigorovich
M-16
M-16
1916 reconnaissance aircraft model by Grigorovich
M-5
M-5
1915 flying boat model by Grigorovich
First flight 1915
M-9
M-9
1916 flying boat model by Grigorovich
First flight 1915