We are two pilot student of 18 years old in the same flying club and aviation enthusiasts for a long time, we have a dream: to build a plane with our own hands.

With plans and a good dose of courage, we are launching a challenge: make a Gaz'aile 2.

Each stage of this project and its realization videos online regularly will put on a Youtube channel dedicated to the project:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEuCbCYzWJyF05X7X-7YLGQ

What is a Gaz'Aile 2?

This two-seater wooden, composite fabric and a wingspan of 7.1 m and a length of 5.5 m was created by Serge Pennec. He is known to be easy to build by amateurs, it is also inexpensive: it is notably equipped with an engine of Peugeot 106, which, unlike an airplane engine is not very expensive and consumes little.

It looks like this:

It's beautiful right ?

Yes, it's the same engine !

Goals

We are launching this campaign to raise € 5,000, or about half of the total price of the aircraft: € 10,000 (source: the aircraft designer and manufacturers who have made).

The remaining amount will be obtained through sponsors (Castorama, Southeast of France, Youth Scholarships ...).

To give you an idea, a small table of expenditure conducted by the manufacturer:

The course

After purchasing the plans to Mr. Pennec (the aircraft designer), the construction of the cell (the structure of the airplane without wings) will start in a hangar belonging to us.

We will receive two visits of an DGAC's inspector (one before covers the structure and the other just before the first flight) to obtain a certificate of airworthiness.

Then comes the realization of the wings and the cockpit (seats, flight instruments ...).

Then it will deliver the aircraft to the airport to get approval and make him realize his first flight!

The completion of the aircraft is of course a long-term project, since construction takes about 3 or 4 years (it depends of the time we can devote to it, but we're motivated!).

The airplane characteristics (sorry, it's in french... I haven't an english version, but you can have more informations here : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennec_Gaz'Aile_2 ):

Projet Gaz'Aile

Projet Gaz'Aile