to continental motors inc. defunct 17th of april 2014 headquarters reims france parent geci aviation website www.reims aviation industries.com reims f406 1977 reims f182q reims f152 reims aviation industries was a french aircraft manufacturer located in the city of reims most recently producing the f406 caravan ii . reims aviation was a wholly owned subsidiary of geci aviation . 1 contents 1 history 2 products 3 see also 4 references history edit max holste the company founder built his first aircraft in 1931 a light two seater aircraft called the shb1 . in 1946 he started his own aircraft company in downtown reims . in the 1950s two new models were designed in 1950 the broussard mh .1521 and in 1959 the super broussard mh .260 . in 1960 a cooperative agreement was signed with cessna to produce light aircraft for the european market . the company was officially born as reims aviation in 1962 mainly producing the fr172 reims rocket a more powerful version of the cessna 172 . in 1989 reims aviation bought back all the shares held by cessna and became a private french aircraft manufacturer . production of the single engined airplanes was halted and only the f406 remained in production . the company entered receivership on 10 september 2013 . on 25 march 2014 the commercial court of reims approved the transfer of the company s aircraft maintenance cabin management integration and installation systems assets to asi innovation and the transfer of its f406 assets to continental motors inc. with the disposition of the company s assets its parent company geci aviation was also liquidated on 17 april 2014 . 2 3 continental has indicated that it plans to continue the production of the f406 in mobile alabama . 4 products edit note that the f406 was the last model still in production at the time of bankruptcy . all aircraft were made in cooperation with cessna . reims f150 reims f152 reims f172 reims fr172 rocket reims f177 reims f182 reims f337 reims cessna f406 see also edit avions max holste references edit geci aviation an organisation making a place for itself on the world twin turboprop aircraft market geci aviation media release retrieved 2010 04 19 divestiture of reims aviation industries and bankruptcy of geci aviation pdf . geci aviation press release 1 . retrieved 24 november 2014 . divestiture of reims aviation industries and bankruptcy of geci aviation pdf . geci aviation press release 2 . retrieved 24 november 2014 . rod simpsons for flycorporate march 28 2014 reims f406 sold to continental motors article retrieved january 2nd 2015 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title reims aviation & oldid 734064396 categories aircraft manufacturers of francecompanies based in reimstransport in reims navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschespa olfran ais suomi edit links this page was last modified on 11 august 2016 at 22 04 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view