CASA (aircraft manufacturer)
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Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA (CASA) was a Spanish aircraft manufacturer that was founded in 1923 and began manufacturing aircraft the following year. In 1999 it became a subsidiary of the EADS under the name EADS CASA and in 2009 was absorbed into Airbus Military. CASA is noted for designing and producing military transport aircraft such as the CASA C-212 Aviocar, the CASA CN-235, the CASA C-295 and the CASA C-101 trainer/ground attack aircraft.
The Eurofighter Typhoon is assembled in Spain by EADS-CASA for the Spanish Air Force
The first A400M, surrounded by EADS employees, during the aircraft's roll-out in Seville on 26 June 2008
CASA 2.111 a licensed production version of the He 111-H Bomber, re-engined in Spain with imported Rolls-Royce Merlins at the end of World War II. CASA built 236 of these aircraft between 1940 and 1956
Former CASA C-212 Aviocar of the Swedish Coast Guard
Getafe
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Getafe is a municipality and a city in Spain belonging to the Community of Madrid. As of 2018, it has a population of 180,747, the region's sixth most populated municipality.
Ruins of the Roman villa of La Torrecilla.
Engraving of Getafe published in 1878 in La Academia: revista de la cultura hispano portuguesa, latino-Americana.
Getafe's Gran Teatro (Great Theater) at the end of the 19th century.