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Skandinavisk Aero Industri A/S (abbreviated SAI; English: Scandinavian Aero Industries) was a Danish manufacturer of aeroplanes that existed between 1937 and 1954. The company was founded by technician Viggo Kramme (1905–1984) and engineer Karl Gustav Zeuthen (1909–1989) and based in Copenhagen.

Skandinavisk Aero Industri A/S

An SAI KZ IV ambulance plane
Industry	Aerospace
Founded	1937; 85 years ago (1937) in Copenhagen
Founders	Viggo Kramme Karl Gustav Zeuthen
Defunct	1954 (1954)
Fate	Shut down operations due to unprofitability
Headquarters	Copenhagen , Denmark

The company's aeroplanes were labelled "KZ" for Kramme and Zeuthen, the first being the KZ I from 1937. The KZ IV was built as an ambulance plane for Zone-Redningskorpset and introduced in 1944. Post-war sales never reached the company's expectations, and production turned unprofitable in the early 1950s, driving the company to shut down. In total, about 200 planes were built by the company.

A number of the KZ planes have been preserved. As of 2005, Dansk Veteranflysamling (The Danish Collection of Vintage Aircraft) exhibits a specimen of each of the 11 aircraft models manufactured by the company.

Aircraft

Name	Year	Notes
KZ I	1937	Prototype only; seized by the Germans in World War II
KZ II	1937/38	Three subtypes ("Kupé", "Sport", "Trainer")
KZ G-I	1943	Glider
KZ III	1944	Ambulance plane
KZ IV	1944	Ambulance plane
KZ V[1]	1944	Twin engined short-haul airliner. Cancelled before a prototype could be built
KZ VII	1946	Light utility and trainer aircraft.
KZ VIII	1949	Aerobatic plane
KZ (IX) Ellehammer	1950	Replica of a 1909 Ellehammer plane
KZ X	1951	Artillery observation plane

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Skandinavisk Aero Industri.

• History of The Danish Collection of Vintage Aircraft and the KZ planes
• List of aeroplanes at The Danish Collection of Vintage Aircraft
• Skandinavisk Aero Industri and the KZ planes (in Danish) from The Danish Collection of Vintage Aircraft
• The KZ & Vintage Aircraft Club
• About the KZ IV planes (in Danish) from The Danish Aviation Historical Society

На других языках

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[de] Skandinavisk Aero Industri

Die Skandinavisk Aero Industri A/S (SAI) war ein dänischer Hersteller von Flugzeugen. Die Firma existierte von 1937 bis 1954. Der Firmensitz befand sich zunächst in Kastrup. Besitzer waren der Ingenieur Karl Gustav Zeuthen und der Konstrukteur Viggo Kramme. Die Produktion begann mit der SAI KZ-1. Die weitere Entwicklung wurde durch den Zweiten Weltkrieg behindert. 1947 wurde das junge Unternehmen durch eine Feuersbrunst auf dem Werksgelände schwer getroffen, bei der 22 bereits zur Auslieferung bereite SAI KZ VII zerstört wurden.

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- [en] Skandinavisk Aero Industri

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[fr] Skandinavisk Aero Industri

Skandinavisk Aero Industri A/S (SAI) fut un constructeur aéronautique danois entre 1937 et 1954. La compagnie fut fondée par le technicien Viggo Kramme et l'ingénieur Karl Gustav Zeuthen et fut basée à Copenhague.

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[it] Skandinavisk Aero Industri

La Skandinavisk Aero Industri A/S - Industria aeronautica scandinava – meglio conosciuta con l'acronimo SAI fu il principale produttore di aerei della Danimarca. Aveva sede a Kastrup, nei pressi di Copenaghen.

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