Avions Jean-Pierre Marie ( en, Jean-Pierre Marie Aircraft), often just referred to as JPM, is a French

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based in

Le Mesnil-Esnard Le Mesnil-Esnard () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A small suburban town of light industry and farming, situated just southeast of the centre of Rouen at the junction of the D6 ...

and founded by Jean-Pierre Marie. The company specializes in the design of

light aircraft A light aircraft is an aircraft that has a maximum gross takeoff weight of or less.Crane, Dale: ''Dictionary of Aeronautical Terms, third edition'', page 308. Aviation Supplies & Academics, 1997. Light aircraft are used as utility aircraft co ...

in the form of plans for amateur construction.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 105. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485XTacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', page 112. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. The designs focus on simple construction using rectangular wings and the employment of conventional materials such as wood and

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that can be built without special knowledge or special tools. The early designs were originally intended to be equipped with the

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to reduce completion cost. The company offers a wide range of wood and

construction light and ultralight aircraft, including the two-seat JPM 01 Médoc first completed in 1977, the three-seat JPM 02 Anjou, the two-seat JPM 03 Loiret ultralight, the two seat JPM 03-7 Calva, the single-seat JPM 04 Castor ultralight, the 2007 two seats in

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JPM 05 Trucanou, the JPM 05 Layon tandem ultralight. Future projects under development include the JPM 06 two-seat ultralight and JPM 07 three-seater.

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* {{JPM aircraft Aircraft manufacturers of France Ultralight aircraft Homebuilt aircraft Companies based in Normandy