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Flying Flea

Tandem Wing - Wood/Fabric

Flying FleaKit/Plans:
Francois Lederlin
#2 Rue Charles Peguy, 38100
Grenoble, Isere, FRANCE

Falconar Avia Inc.
7739-81 Ave.
Edmonton, Alberta
T6C 0V4 CANADA

Telephone: 780-465-2024

Website: http://www.falconaravia.com

Newsletter/magazine available from:
Flying Flea Archive, USA
Raymond Cochran-Buckland, Editor
P.O. Box 892
Wooster, OH 44691-0892

Telephone: 330-377-5013
Website: http://www.valkyrie.net/~flyingflea

Information available from:
Georges Jacquemin (Former USA Mignet Rep.)
15500 Armsby Lane
Morgan Hill, CA 95037
Telephone: 408-779-4875 (home)
Telephone: 408-743-2251 (work)

Articles in EAA and related publications:

Year Month Page Magazine Article
2004 11 50 Sport Aviation Flying Flea Designs: Taming the tandem wing requires analysis of the airplane’s stability (8 pgs)
2002 07 09 Experimenter Flying Flea Faux Pas (Letters to Editor—1 col)
2002 05 10 Experimenter Understanding the Pou du Ciel (Flying Flea) 5 ½ pgs
2001 12 44 Experimenter Danny Ebers’ Flying Flea (photo and caption-1/2 pg)
2001 10 12 Experimenter Wisconsin Wonderland: Don Campbell’s French Flying Flea at Brodhead (photo & caption)
2000 02 28 Sport Aviation Flea Mania (6 pages w/ color photos)
2000 02 22 Sport Aviation The Life & Times of Henri Mignet & The Flying Flea (6 pages w/ photos)
99 10 8 Experimenter A Flying Flying Flea
97 01 65 Sport Aviation The Test-a-Tandem, A USA Version of Henry Mignet’s Breed (4 pages w/ color photos)
95 07 42 Sport Aviation “A Mignet Renaissance” - The Return of the “Flying Flea” (3 page article w/ photos)
93 07 35 Sport Aviation Flying Flea
92 11 10 Sport Aviation Pou Review
92 04 68 Sport Aviation More on deep stall in Flying Flea
91 09 56 Sport Aviation Original Crosley Flying Flea in Museum
91 02 08 Experimenter Flea's safety defended
90 11 103 Sport Aviation Cremieux Flying Flea with 30hp ...
90 10 12 Experimenter Building a Flying Flea
89 03 31 Experimenter Travis Flying Flea - with VW
88 01 60 Sport Aviation Restoration of Crosley Flea (In EAA Museum)
88 01 18 Light Plane World How I Designed My Little Plane (Henri Mignet Story)
87 12 10 Light Plane World Ultralight Version of Flying Flea
87 06 17 Sport Aviation How I Designed My Little Plane (Henri Mignet Story)
85 11 25 Light Plane World Flying Flea being built for EAA Museum
85 10 07 Sport Aviation Flying Flea being built for EAA Museum
85 10 05 Light Plane World Flying Flea being built for EAA Museum
85 08 06 Light Plane World News from France About Flying Flea Dev.
85 05 27 Light Plane World The Flying Flea - History
85 05 B Light Plane World HM100 in Flight Over France
85 05 14 Light Plane World Flying Flea
85 04 27 Light Plane World Flying Flea
84 11 46 Sport Aviation More on the design of the Tandem Wing
83 03 43 Sport Aviation Flea in EAA Museum
79 10 86 Sport Aviation Characteristics of Tandem Wing Aircraft
78 07 40 Sport Aviation Landray GL-1 Addendum - Starter & Generator
77 10 69 Sport Aviation The Tandem, Tandem Winged GL-1
76 10 17 Sport Aviation Howell's Flying Flea
76 02 54 Sport Aviation HM 293
70 06 45 Sport Aviation Stability Characteristics of Tandem Wings
69 03 22 Sport Aviation Mignet's Breed
68 05 44 Sport Aviation Mignet HM-290 Flies in Canada
67 11 12 Sport Aviation Flicking the Fleas
66 05 26 Sport Aviation The Flying Flea in North America
64 07 37 Sport Aviation The "Mon Petit Ami"
63 07 14 Sport Aviation The Modern Flying Fleas
62 02 14 Sport Aviation USA Prototype HM-360 "Flying Flea"
62 01 19 Sport Aviation Mignet Flying Flea
61 12 09 Sport Aviation Mignet Flying Flea

EAA members can digitally view archived editions of Sport Aviation here.

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