Constructions Aéronautiques J.Stampe & M.Vertongen was a Belgian aircraft manufacturer founded in 1922 by Jean Stampe (1889-1978) and Maurice Vertongen (1886-1964) and based in Antwerp. Chief designer was Alfred Renard and the company designed a series of trainer/tourer aircraft, all prefixed RSV (Renard-Stampe-Vertongen). In 1927 Renard left the company to start his own company with his brother Georges. The next chief designer was the Russian refugee George Ivanow who designed the SV-series (Stampe-Vertongen) until he died in an aircraft crash. Due to the German invasion, production ceased on 10 May 1940. After the war the remains of Stampe & Vertongen merged with Renard to form Stampe & Renard.
Stampe & Vertongen is the only Belgian manufacturer that exported aircraft and had aircraft built in license in countries abroad.
Stampe & Vertongen SV-4b
The Stampe & Vertongen SV.4 (also called Stampe SV.4 or just Stampe) is a Belgian two-seat trainer/tourer biplane. It was designed by George Ivanow and the first flight was on 13 May 1933. The aircraft was also built under licence in France and French Algeria. The first model was the SV.4a, an advanced aerobatic trainer, followed by the SV.4b with redesigned wings and the 130 hp/97 kW de Havilland Gipsy Major engine.
Only 35 aircraft were built before the company was closed during the Second World War. After the war the successor company Stampe & Renard built a further 65 aircraft between 1948 and 1955 as trainers for the Belgian Air Force. The SV.4b was still used in the 1990s as trainer aircraft.
Stampe & Vertongen SV.4b, registration PH-OPA, built 1955, serial number 1202 Ede, Netherlands, 23 August 2019
