Paul Pontois

Pou du Ciel Enthusiast

Paul is the handsome young man on the far left (with the stylish green cap and aviator sunglasses)


Vincent FABRI recounts recent exploits by Paul:

http://vincent.fabri.free.fr/menu.php?page=bebelle.htm


 News from Club Aerosportif de Louiseville


Paul's Gallery:

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Paul and his faithful co-pilot, Galinette
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Flying his first Ultralight: a Quicksilver-1984
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Building a Sky-Pup - 1984
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Getting the Sky-Pup down from the attic - 1986
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The Sky-Pup at the airport - 1986
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The Sky-Pup in flight - 1986
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The Hi-Max under construction - 1993
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The Hi-Max at the airport - 1996
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The Hi-Max before the first flight - 1996
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The Hi-Max in flight - 1996
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The HM-293 under construction - 2000
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Paul with Pierre Mignet, Phil Howell & Frank Easton - Oshkosh 1999
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Paul chats w. Bernard Domont - 2003
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(Click on the thumbnail images to see details.)

Read Paul's stirring account and translation of Henri Mignet's own diary which describe the first flights of Henri Mignet's Flying Flea

and

the fascinating story of the historic developments at the little Birch Wood

and 

the step-by-step diary of the recreation of an historic aircraft - the HM-8 - by Paul and a small band of dedicated Canadian Pou du Ciel enthusiasts

 
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