The Original Flying Flea

The Flying Flea (Pou de ciel in French) is a small aircraft whose original design originates from the 1930s. The Flying Flea is a creation of a French inventor Henri Mignet. Mignet had failed to be accepted as a pilot and decided to build his own plane. Between 1931 and 1933 he tested and built prototypes in Paris and tested them in a large field northeast of the city. According to his later book, Le Sport de l’Air, he successfully flew the first successful model, HM-14, in September 10, 1933. He success
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