Built in 1990 by L.Quintens, it was first registered 21-Aug-1990 as OO-970, but already 28-Aug-1990 it was reregistered as OO-123. On 24-Oct-1990 it was registered again as OO-970. The reason for these changes was some confusion if the aircraft belonged in the amateur-built category, or in the ultralight one. There is also some confusion about the cn: from the aircraft it was read off as 01, while the official Belgian register says 02.

Unfortunately no details are currently known about this Pou-du-Ciel

Built in 1990 by L.Quintens, it was first registered 21-Aug-1990 as OO-970, but already 28-Aug-1990 it was reregistered as OO-123. On 24-Oct-1990 it was registered again as OO-970. The reason for these changes was some confusion if the aircraft belonged in the amateur-built category, or in the ultralight one. There is also some confusion about the cn: from the aircraft it was read off as 01, while the official Belgian register says 02. Here it is seen in flight, a rare sight to see the famous 1935 Flying Flea airborne in modern times. The construction of the variable-incidence stall-free front wing is clearly visible here. The rear wing is fixed.

The aircraft uses the Scott A.2S engine from the original G-ADYO. Allocated BAPC.12.

More commonly known as the Flying Flea. It should really be called the Crashing Flea as they more often or not crashed rather than flew. In front of it sits, to the left, a dummy nuke and to the right, a DB601 from a He111 that was shot down locally during WW2. Adjacent are the substantial remains of another He111 retrieved from a Scottish mountain. The real registration G-ADVU was allotted in Oct-1935 to another HM-14 but not taken-up because it was never completed. This one was built in 1993 by Ken Fern and painted as G-ADVU. It was allocated BAPC.211.

Mignet HM.14 "Flea" built in 1975 using original prewar plans. Allocated BAPC.76. It unofficially wears "G-AFFI" which was an unallocated prewar UK registration. Now (2019) displayed at the East Fortune Museum.

Built by Ken Fern in 1993 incorporating parts from a pre-war example. Allocated BAPC.211. The real registration G-ADVU was allotted in Oct-1935 to another HM-14 but not taken-up because it was never completed. It carries "Burn's Garage" titles on the fin (hidden by the wing here). On the other side it is "North Rode Timber", both from Congleton.

The real registration G-ADVU was allotted in Oct-1935 to another HM-14 but not taken-up because it was never completed. This one was built in 1993 by Ken Fern and painted as G-ADVU. It was allocated BAPC.211. It carries "North Rode Timber" titles on the fin (hidden here by the wing), and "Burn's Garage" on the other side, both from Congleton.

A Pou-du-Ciel built by SO Whiteley at Rishworth, Yorkshire, in 1936. It did fly but was never registered.

On display at the Auto & Technik Museum Sinsheim.

USA-built version of the 1930's Flea.

On display at the Auto & Technik Museum Sinsheim

A Mignet "Flying Flea" hiding under the belly of a DC-3. This little aircraft was first registered in April 1936 and withdrawn from use three years later. Many years later the interesting and unusual biplane was acquired by the Science Museum and displayed at their rarely-opened Wroughton facility. In 2011 it was transferred to the "M" Shed Museum in Bristol.

The Pou de Ciel (Flying Flea) was designed by Henri Mignet and first flew on 10th September, 1933. It was demonstrated at Paris in 1934 when instructions for building one were published in a book. They had a poor safety record. This example is seen in the Musee del'Air.

Museum of Transport & Technology. Prewar built 'Flying Flea' registered in the then ultralight sequence.

Built in 1936 and rebuilt at Finningley after a fire on 4 September 1970. Given new identity BAPC.121. Marked as the "Flea that Claybourn's built". Boulton Paul Defiant at rear.

I had last seen and photographed this replica in 1976