Centrair was a French glider manufacturer that was founded by Marc Ranjon and his wife Genevieve in 1970.
Schleichers were not happy that their agent was in competition with them using their fuselage design, but the dispute was settled.
They were never competitive with the best in the Standard Class, but are popular "club" aircraft, being easy to handle.
In 1980, Centrair conducted design work on a six-seat, powered, business aircraft with a pusher propeller behind the tail.
[3] In the 1980s the French gliding authorities were anxious that there should be an indigenous two-seater to replace the 250 ageing trainers in France.