Companhia Aeronáutica Paulista usually known as CAP was a Brazilian aircraft manufacturer established in São Paulo. It was founded with the assets of Empresa Aeronáutica Ypiranga in 1942.
History
Empresa Aeronáutica Ypiranga
Empresa Aeronáutica Ypiranga, commonly shortened to EAY, was a Brazilian aircraft manufacturer based in São Paulo and founded in 1931 by American Orton Hoover,[1] Brazilian Henrique Dumont Villares and German Fritz Roesler.[2] In 1914, Orton Hoover came to Brazil to assemble three Curtiss-Wright seaplanes purchased by the Brazilian Navy. He settled permanently in Brazil in 1928 and worked with Federico Brotero on the development of the IPT Bichinho[3] a single-seat sport aircraft. Henrique Dumont Villares was the nephew of