The Pouchel Classic is derived from the APEV Pouchel, which is itself a derivative of the classic 1930s Henri Mignet-designed Mignet Pou-du-Ciel (Flying Flea).
The Pouchel series are all derivatives of the classic 1930s Henri Mignet-designed Mignet Pou-du-Ciel (Flying Flea).
Henri Mignet, the French designer of the Mignet HM.14 Pou du Ciel ("Flying Flea") used to visit Ashingdon for business with Aero 8 at Canute Aero Park, because they were one of the largest producers and developers of the Pou du Ciel.
Inspired by Henri Mignet's Pou-du-Ciel design with its distinctive tandem wing layout, Croses set out to develop a similar aircraft to be powered by a single-cylinder motorcycle engine of around 6 kW (8 hp).
The aim was to design an easy-to-build ultralight aircraft based on the formula, principles and writings of Henri Mignet.
The Flying Flea family of aircraft was designed by Frenchman Henri Mignet.
Henri Matisse | Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne | Bernard-Henri Lévy | Henri Dutilleux | Paul-Henri Mathieu | Henri Poincaré | Robert Henri | Henri Mignet | Henri Cartier-Bresson | Henri Fayol | Henri Bendel | Henri Barbusse | Jean-Henri Fabre | Henri-Pierre Roché | Henri Langlois | Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg | Henri Fantin-Latour | Paul-Henri Spaak | Mignet Pou-du-Ciel | Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre | Henri Wallon | Henri Vieuxtemps | Henri Vernes | Henri Salvador | Henri Pousseur | Henri Michaux | Henri Guillaumet | Henri Estienne | Lycée Henri-IV | Henri Tajfel |