the First
World War. Its first design was the Le Rhone-engined
HD.1 sesquiplane fighter, rejected by the French services
but subsequently used very successfully by Italian
HD.2
and
Belgian pilots. An HD.2 floatplane version and more-powerful
HD.3 two-seat reconnaissance/escort fighter were
also built. After the war Hanriot license-manufactured
British Sopwith aircraft and produced the
HD.3
H.43 advanced
biplane trainer, H.46 Styx liaison and ambulance monoplane,
and the H.131 low-wing racing monoplane, which
won the 1931 Coupe Michelin, In 1930 the company
became a division of Societe General Aeronautique
(SNCAC), manufacturing aircraft under the Lorraine-Hanriot
name.
