Aircraft N293FP Photo

1983 Frank Perry/ Henri Mignet HM293 Pou du Ciel ('Sky Louse' or 'Flying Flea') Ultralight Experimental class, tandem folding wings. French design from 1930s, Hercules engine 40 Hp, builder data plate
Photo Info
Photographer
Doug Robertson
Shot Date 2009-11-01
Airport SZP
Santa Paula Airport
Upload Date 2009-11-02
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EXIF Data
Camera Make Canon
Camera Model Canon PowerShot A720 IS
Shutter Speed 1/80 sec
Aperture f/4.5
ISO 200
Focal Length 30.8 mm
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Metering Mode Pattern
White Balance Auto
Dimensions 1600 × 1200
Date Taken 2009-11-01 12:59:44
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N293FP @ SZP - 1983 Frank Perry/Henri Mignet Pou du Ciel ('Sky Louse' or 'Flying Flea'), Hercules 40 Hp engine, French design of 1930s, stick linkage controls variable-incidence upper wing plus rudder replace functions of ailerons and elevator of which there are none. - by Doug Robertson
Doug Robertson
@ SZP
N293FP @ SZP - 1983 Frank Perry/Henri Mignet HM293 Pou du Ciel ('Sky Louse' of 'Flying Flea'), Hercules four cylinder opposed, air-cooled 40 Hp, rear lower wing hinges, typical either side - by Doug Robertson
Doug Robertson
@ SZP
N293FP @ SZP - 1983 F. Perry/Henri Mignet HM293 Pou du Ciel ('Sky Louse' or 'Flying Flea') Ultralight Exp. class, tandem folding wings off, French design from 1930s, Hercules engine 40 Hp,  (kiddie taxi-practice Dickenson family canard-quadraplane flea in foreground). - by Doug Robertson
Doug Robertson
@ SZP
N293FP @ SZP - 1983 Frank Perry/Henri Mignet HM293 Pou du Ciel ('Sky Louse or 'Flying Flea'), Hercules four cylinder opposed, air-cooled 40 Hp, unconventioinal stick control moves just fore & aft to adjust variable incidence front upper wing (no ailerons or elevator). - by Doug Robertson
Doug Robertson
@ SZP
N293FP @ SZP - 1983 Frank Perry/Henri Mignet HM.293 Pou Du Ciel ('Sky Louse' or 'Flying Flea'), Hercules 4 cylinder opposed 40 Hp, French design 1930s. My friend Ralph M. Wefel built first one in America, See 1968-'69 JANES. SZP Aviation Museum feature display. - by Doug Robertson
Doug Robertson
@ SZP