1930: Gnome & Rhône
launches the Series K engine.
1930: first crossing of the North Atlantic
from Europe to America by Costes and Bellonte on their "Point
d’Interrogation" (Question Mark), powered by a
650-hp Hispano-Suiza 12N.
1933: Hispano-Suiza engines hold the
most international aviation records – 14!
1935: Gnome & Rhône launches
its new Series 14 line of engines, which will be very successful.
1937: the French government nationalizes
most of the aviation industry, but not Gnome & Rhône
or Hispano-Suiza.
1938: Joseph Szydlowski founds Turbomeca.
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