Shchetinin
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Shchetinin (Russian: Щетинин) was the first Russian aviation company. It was founded in St. Petersburg in 1909 under the name Russko-Baltiskovo Vagonovo Zavod (Russo-Baltic Railway Car Plant). The company was lead by the famous pilot S. S. Shchetinin and the lead designer was Dmitry Pavlovich Grigorovich. The company focused mainly on a series of flying boats, which initially were modeled after the American aircraft Curtiss Model K. A lengthy series of aircraft, starting with the designation letter "M" (Marine) followed. Famous aircraft were the M-5, M-9, M-11/M-12, M-15, M-16 and M-24/M-24bis.
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- See Grigorovich (design bureau) for a full list of aircraft.
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