Aviméta, (Société pour la Construction d'Avions Métallique)‚ grew out of the Aeronautical Department of the Schneider-Creusot arms manufacturer.
It was built around two spars and its riveted skin, made of Schneider-Creusot's patented aluminium-iron alloy Alférium,[2][1] was corrugated in the line of flight for stiffness.
[2] The Aviméta 92 was flown for the first time near the beginning of December 1927, piloted by Moutonnier[5] and powered by an uncowled nine-cylinder, 89 kW (120 hp) Salmson 9Ac radial.
[4] The best known Aviméta 92 was powered by a 150 kW (200 hp) Wright R-790 Whirlwind nine-cylinder radial and was modified for a proposed long-distance flight, rumoured to be trans-Atlantic, to be flown by Détroyat.
At least 2 of these aircraft were purchased by Belgian nobleman and diplomat Eugène de Ligne to establish an air route between Belgium and the Congo.
Both aircraft (registered as OO-AJY and OO-AJZ) were lost in early 1929 due to air crashes, the latter claiming the life of WWI fighter ace Edmond Thieffry and his co-pilot.