Collection - Ultra Light aviation
Type: Flying Flea
Model: HM14
Status: Private collection,
Displayed at workshop
Model: HM14
Status: Private collection,
Displayed at workshop
Designed by the Henri Mignet, the “Pou-du-Ciel” was the result of a long quest for a safe aeroplane that could be built quickly and cheaply by any amateur.
His first success was the HM-8, a nearly classic monoplane of which drawings and advices were diffused thanks the book he published himself.
His first success was the HM-8, a nearly classic monoplane of which drawings and advices were diffused thanks the book he published himself.
Type: Aircraft kit
Model: Monnett Monni
Status: BAPA collection
airworthy, stored
Model: Monnett Monni
Status: BAPA collection
airworthy, stored
designed by the American John Monnett who called it an "Air recreation vehicle": Its design, its performance and its ease of construction was supposed to please any builder-pilot. The unique Moni built and registered in Belgium is kit n°81. It will be registered OO-142 on 19/2/2001 by Charles Demoulin, its builder.
Type: Flying Flea
Model: Croses Airplume
Status: BAPA collection
Stored at the workshop
Model: Croses Airplume
Status: BAPA collection
Stored at the workshop
The Croses “Airplume”, designed by Yves Croses, is an ULM evolution of the famous Flying Flea. It is a tandem 2 seat machine, with a fiberglass fuselage, originally sold as a kit. The “Airplume” first flew in the sixties and was developed in 3 different versions (EC-1 to EC-3).
Type: Flying Flea
Model: HM-290 Registration: OO-04
Status: Private collection
Displayed at workshop
Model: HM-290 Registration: OO-04
Status: Private collection
Displayed at workshop
After the WWII, Mignet designed the HM-290 and the drawings printed on a single sheet of paper was sold through magazines like the belgian « l’Aéronef ».
Thanks this distribution and the advantage that the wings were foldable, it was an immediate success and restart the Pou-du-Ciel mania.
Thanks this distribution and the advantage that the wings were foldable, it was an immediate success and restart the Pou-du-Ciel mania.
Model: Butterfly
Status: Private collection
Restauration in progress
Status: Private collection
Restauration in progress
In 1979, Raymond Mossoux, engineer at SABENA, designed an ultralight glider using the tandem wings formula of Henri Mignet. This small glider, very light (28 kg) could be carried by hand if you wanted to take off by running, landing being made on a skid...
Model: Romibutter
Manufacture: Michel Rocourt
Status: Private collection,
Displayed at the workshop
Manufacture: Michel Rocourt
Status: Private collection,
Displayed at the workshop
The OO-504 registered ultralight was at first a Butterfly.
It was modified with a completely new wooden fuselage by Michel Rocourt hence the name ROMIBUTTER. Keeping the Butterfly wings and tail, it was registered again OO-504 on 3/2/1987.
It was modified with a completely new wooden fuselage by Michel Rocourt hence the name ROMIBUTTER. Keeping the Butterfly wings and tail, it was registered again OO-504 on 3/2/1987.
Type: ULM Biplane
Model: SV4-RS
Status: BAPA collection
Restauration in progress
Model: SV4-RS
Status: BAPA collection
Restauration in progress
This expemplar coms from Ultralight Concept ans it is the second tests airframe that survived many heavy loads and is not useful anymore. We intend to complete it structurally without covering to show and explain this construction.
Model: Albatros
Manufacture: Aviasud
Status: BAPA collection,
Displayed at the workshop
Manufacture: Aviasud
Status: BAPA collection,
Displayed at the workshop
Aviasud was founded end 1981 by two belgians engineers : François Goethals and Bernard d’Otreppe, both experimented pilots.
The Albatros was designed in 1991 ; first as a single seater used by Bernard d’Otreppe on which he won several world records again.
The Albatros was designed in 1991 ; first as a single seater used by Bernard d’Otreppe on which he won several world records again.
Model: Sirocco
Manufacture: Aviasud
Status: BAPA collection,
Displayed at the workshop
Manufacture: Aviasud
Status: BAPA collection,
Displayed at the workshop
In 1983, the Sirocco received the “outstanding design price” at Oshkosh and from september 1984 to march 1987, Patrice Franceschi flew one in a circumnavigation of the earth.
Model: BD5
Manufacture: Jim Bede
Status: BAPA collection
Stored at the workshop
Manufacture: Jim Bede
Status: BAPA collection
Stored at the workshop
Designed by the American aircraft designer Jim Bede and introduced to the market primarily in kit form by the now-defunct Bede Aircraft Corporation in the early 1970s, the BD-5 is an attractive design that looks like a little jet fighter.
Model: American Aerolights Falcon
Manufacture: SONACA
Status: private collection on loan
Stored dismantled in the workshop
and at owner’s home
Manufacture: SONACA
Status: private collection on loan
Stored dismantled in the workshop
and at owner’s home
The 1982 Oshkosh Fly-In edition reveals the Falcon that represented a new generation of ultralights. Its particular design was very attractive and production began in the USA in 1983. The production rights for the rest of the world were sold in 1984 to the SONACA that introduced some modifications like a new nosewheel leg and better wing resistance.
Type: Flying Flea
Model: HM-293 Adam version
Status: BAPA collection
Uncomplete, stored at workshop
Model: HM-293 Adam version
Status: BAPA collection
Uncomplete, stored at workshop
Claude Adam from Thuin wanted to improve the design of the Pou-du-Ciel HM-293.
He designed a new composite bodied fuselage by lowering the nose and the pilot’s position was now much more comfortable. Combined with a tricycle undercarriage, it looks now very modern.
He designed a new composite bodied fuselage by lowering the nose and the pilot’s position was now much more comfortable. Combined with a tricycle undercarriage, it looks now very modern.