Private company
APEV
French aircraft manufacturer
APEV (Association pour la Promotion des Echelles Volantes, English: Association for the Promotion of Flying Ladders) is a French aircraft manufacturer, founded by Daniel Dalby in 1997 and based in Peynier. The organization specializes in the design and manufacture of very light and inexpensive homebuilt aircraft. The original design, the Pouchel, was based upon the 1930s Henri Mignet-designed Mignet Pou-du-Ciel (Flying Flea), but constructed using three commercial household aluminium ladders to save construction time, cost and weight.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Industryaerospace industry1
- Websitewww.pouchel.com
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APEV (Association pour la Promotion des Echelles Volantes, English: Association for the Promotion of Flying Ladders) is a French aircraft manufacturer, founded by Daniel Dalby in 1997 and based in Peynier. The organization specializes in the design and manufacture of very light and inexpensive homebuilt aircraft.2
Products and brands
- homebuilt aircraft
Listed on Wikidata.1
Timeline
- 1997Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitewww.pouchel.com1
- WikipediaAPEV
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ4653280
Sources
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- 1WikidataAPEV on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaAPEV on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsAPEV photo by Charles Donnefort, CC BY-SA 3.0