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    The Flying Flea (French: Pou du Ciel, lit. 'Louse of the Sky') is a large family of light homebuilt aircraft first flown in 1933. The odd name comes from...
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    The Mignet HM.14 Flying Flea (Pou du Ciel literally "Louse of the Sky" in French) is a single-seat light aircraft first flown in 1933, designed for amateur...
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    Meanwhile Henri Mignet was taking a very different approach to flight control. Intended for amateurs to build at home, his Pou-du-Ciel (flying flea) had...
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    chain drive. On 10 September 1933, Mignet made his maiden flight in the HM.14, the first of his Mignet Pou-du-Ciel (Flying Flea) designs. In 1934, he...
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    triplane variant. Following the craze for the homebuilt tandem-wing Mignet Pou du Ciel (Flying Flea), a triplane variant, the American Flea, was produced...
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  • 01 is a small tandem-wing, side-by-side seat sport aircraft of the Mignet Pou-du-Ciel type. Built in the mid 1970s, the single example remains active. In...
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  • 1980s. The Pou-Push was, as its name suggests, in the tandem wing tradition begun in France before World War II by the Mignet Pou-du-Ciel, with the larger...
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    wing. The Wright Brothers' early aircraft were of the canard type; Mignet Pou-du-Ciel and Rutan Quickie are of tandem type. Some early three surface aircraft...
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  • Ultracruiser Plus JDT Hi-MAX JPM 01 Médoc Junqua Ibis Just Superstol Mignet Pou-du-Ciel Mini-Hawk Tiger-Hawk JDT V-MAX Kolb M3X Leger Pataplume 1 Light Miniature...
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    first example to be made in any quantity was the French tandem-wing Mignet Pou du Ciel (Flying Flea), which became briefly popular during the 1930s. It had...
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    1912 – 1984) was an English pilot and a leading proponent of the Mignet Pou-du-Ciel "Flying Flea" aircraft. Stephen Appleby was born in London on 9 February...
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  • pylon-mounted at the front gate Lockheed XFV Vertical Riser - restored onsite Mignet Pou-du-Ciel "Flying Flea" - built in 1979 M-Squared Breese 2 - only aircraft inside...
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    Jodel D113-D11 Jodel DR1050 Excellence Luscombe 8F, LSA-8 Malmö MFI-9 Mignet Pou-du-Ciel Miller-Bohannon JM-2 Pushy Galore Miller JM-2 Nexaer LS1 Piper PA-11...
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  • was a very simple, small, low-powered tandem wing aircraft in the Mignet Pou-du-Ciel style. This was reflected in its name, which also referred to the...
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  • exhibits it contains a CAC Wirraway, an Ikara anti-submarine missile, a Mignet Pou-du-Ciel, a MacFarlane (Mac Wonder), an Iskra, a PZL TS-11 Iskra and a Walter...
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    original design, the Pouchel, was based upon the 1930s Henri Mignet-designed Mignet Pou-du-Ciel (Flying Flea), but constructed using three commercial household...
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  • aircraft, not a conventional triplane but a tandem wing design of the Mignet Pou-du-Ciel type with an extra forward low wing. The upper front and rear wings...
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  • aircraft Gilbert Landray's GL.03 Pouss Pou (Push Flea) was a tandem wing aircraft in the two axis control Mignet Pou-du-Ciel style. It differed chiefly from...
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    Lehmann Falter, another very little airplane roughly based on the Mignet Pou du Ciel (German: Himmelslaus), were seeking to improve or develop existing...
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    configuration, and era American Eagle Eaglet Curtiss-Wright Junior Mignet Pou-du-Ciel Rearwin Junior Spartan C2 McRae, Jack (June 1958). "This Month's Old...
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  • 2 lb/sq ft (9.8 kg/m2) Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Mignet Pou-du-Ciel Rutan Quickie Flight International. 29 October 1977. {{cite journal}}:...
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  • which is itself a derivative of the classic 1930s Henri Mignet-designed Mignet Pou-du-Ciel (Flying Flea). The design features a cantilever rear wing...
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  • wing design, somewhat reminiscent of the Mignet Pou-du-Ciel but considerably larger. Also, unlike the Pou-du-Ciel's unusual control system, the CP.500's pitch...
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    tailwheel landing gear, and tandem wing configuration similar to the Mignet Pou-du-Ciel family. It has two side-by-side seats. It first flew in 1965, and...
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    Pouchel series are all derivatives of the classic 1930s Henri Mignet-designed Mignet Pou-du-Ciel (Flying Flea). The Pouchel II features a cantilever rear wing...
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    Pouchel series are all derivatives of the classic 1930s Henri Mignet-designed Mignet Pou-du-Ciel (Flying Flea). The Pouchelec features a cantilever rear wing...
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    is a homebuilt triplane variant of the French-designed Mignet Flea licensed by American Mignet Aircraft, and later Universal Aircraft company of Ft Worth...
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    - early flight simulator McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet A21-101 Mignet Pou-du-Ciel (Flying Flea) Panavia Tornado GR4 Parasol Percival Proctor Mk. III...
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    Fuji engine, developing less than 15 hp. Controls were similar to Mignet Pou-du-Ciel designs, with a pivoting front wing and rudder, both operated by the...
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    inspired by a demonstration by Henri Mignet of his Mignet HM.14 Pou-du-Ciel ("Flying Flea"). Using only Mignet's book, Wallis gathered the materials required...
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