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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>The '''National Syndicate for the Study of Aerial Transport''' ({{langx|fr|'''Syndicat national d'Etude des Transports Aériens'''}}), known by its acronym '''SNETA''', was an early airline which operated from 1919 to 1923 in order to pioneer commercial aviation in [[Belgium]]. In 1923 it ceased operations and merged into the newly founded national carrier [[SABENA]].<br />
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==History==<br />
The company was founded on 31 March 1919 by [[Georges Nélis]] with the support of [[Albert I of Belgium|King Albert I]]. It operated from the [[Haren Airport|airfield]] at [[Haren, Belgium|Haren]], near Brussels, and flew to [[London]] ([[Hounslow Heath Aerodrome]] and [[Croydon Airport]]), [[Paris]] ([[Paris–Le Bourget Airport]]) and [[Amsterdam]] ([[Amsterdam Airport Schiphol]]). Amongst the pilots of SNETA was [[Ivan Smirnov (aviator)|Ivan Smirnov]]. Its initial fleet was made up of surplus airplanes from the [[First World War]]. The company used a mix of British, French and German planes. The first nine acquired airplanes were:<br />
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* 3 [[Breguet 14]]<br />
* 3 [[Airco DH.9|De Havilland Airco DH.9]]<br />
* 3 [[Rumpler C.IV]].<br />
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Later the company also acquired [[Farman F.60 Goliath]]s and [[Fokker D.VII]]s.<br />
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In 1921, the company started operating in the [[Belgian Congo]] through its subsidiary '''CENAC''' (''Comité d' Etude pour la Navigation Aérienne du Congo'' and later as [[Ligne Aérienne du Roi Albert]]) flying to [[Matadi]], [[Kinshasa|Léopoldville]] and [[Kisangani|Stanleyville]] using the [[Georges Levy G.L.40|Lévy-Le Pen]].<br />
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On 27 September 1921, a wooden hangar burned out, destroying 7 of SNETA's 23 airplanes.<br />
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By 1 June 1922, enough information was gathered and all experimental flights were suspended. This cleared the way to start up a real Belgian commercial operator, SABENA, which came into being on 23 May 1923 and into which SNETA merged.<br />
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==Fleet==<br />
===Historical fleet===<br />
* 3x [[Bréguet 14]]<br />
* 6x [[Airco DH.9|Airco de Havilland DH.9]]<br />
* 5x [[Airco DH.4|Airco de Havilland DH.4]]<br />
* 10x [[Rumpler C.IV]]<br />
* 1x [[LVG C.II|Luft-Verkehrs Gesellschaft LVG C.IV]]<br />
* 6x [[LVG C.VI|Luft-Verkehrs Gesellschaft LVG C.VI]]<br />
* 6x [[Farman F.60 Goliath]]<br />
* 1x [[Ansaldo A.300|Ansaldo A.300-C]]<br />
* 6x [[Blériot-SPAD S.33]]<br />
* Operated by CENAC: 6x Levy-Le Pen flying boats.<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
*{{cite journal|last=Vanthemsche|first=Guy|title=The Birth of Commercial Air Transport in Belgium (1919-1923)|journal= [[Revue Belge de Philologie et d'Histoire]] |volume=78|number=3|year=2000|pages=913–44|url=http://www.persee.fr/doc/rbph_0035-0818_2000_num_78_3_4471? |via=[[Persee.fr]]}} {{free access}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.hangarflying.be/files/downloads/ABehaeghe.pdf Tillo Behaeghe, ''Aimé Behaeghe, De eerste piloot in Centraal Afrika'', Hangar Flying, Grimbergen, 2008]<br />
*[http://www.skystef.be/airlines/sneta.htm Weather & Aviation Page - SNETA]<br />
*[http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/sneta21.htm SNETA Timetables and Prices]<br />
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[[Category:1923 disestablishments in Belgium]]</div>imported>Brigade Piron