LH Aviation

LH Aviation is a French aircraft manufacturing company, founded in 2004 and located in Melun-Villaroche. LH Aviation developed the LH-10 Ellipse.[1]

History

The company was founded in 2004 by Sébastien Lefebvre as a manufacturer of ultralight single and two-seater carbon fiber aircraft.[2] A prototype of the first airplane was created that year by Frédéric Hubschwerlenson and Lefebvre.[3]

Their plane LH-10 has multiple versions including automated and training planes.[4] The plane was shown at the 2009 Le Bourget Paris Air Show.[5]

In 2015 the company had about 50 employees in Villaroche, France,[6] including one dedicated pilot. [7]

Over the years the company raised capital from investors in different countries[3], including Mohsine Karim-Bennani from Morocco, who wanted to create a Moroccan subsidiary and a manufacturing plant in Casablanca. However the two sides ended up in court and the collaboration was cancelled.[2]

Lefebvre left the company in July 2016.[2]

Finance and Strategy

The company was placed in recovery in 2018, and judicial liquidation began in September 2019. 1.

Key dates
  • May 2004: LH Aviation created.[8]
  • September 2007: First flight of the LH-10 prototype at the Avia International Airshow.[8]
  • March 2008: Joined the Aerospace Cluster Activity at Melun-Villaroche.
  • 2007: Exposure of the LH-10 prototype on the Champs Elysees during the Festival of Transport..
  • July 2008: Attendance at Farnborough Airshow.[9]
  • June 2010: Financial and operational backing from Aeronautic Investment Fund Magellan Industries.
  • June 2009, 2011, 2013: Participation in the 49th, 50th and 51st Paris Air Shows.
  • October 2011: First formation: Saget Promotion Official delivery of the first two surveillance airplanes by the Air Force Benin.
  • August 2012: First flight of the LH-10 Ellipse Surveillance Advanced version.
  • 2012: Participation in Euronaval and Eurosatory.
  • 2012: Recruitment of military competence internally, participation in the Paris Air Show.
  • May 2013: First rocket launch performed from the LH-10 Ellipse.
  • April 2014: Set up of the Moroccan subsidiary.[10]
  • December 2014: Use of the LH-10 by the French border police.
  • January 2015: Creation of the Explorair 45.
  • February 2015: Creation of the outsourcing department.
  • 21 October 2018: Judicial liquidation [11]

Products
LH-10 Ellipse at Le Bourget - 2009

LH-10 Ellipse

The LH-10 Ellipse is for training and pilot training; it has a tandem configuration and a glass cockpit.

LH-10 Guardian

The LH-10 Guardian is intended for surveillance missions.

LH-10 Elfe

The LH-10 Elfe is a military aircraft with an airborne collision avoidance system.

LH-D

The LH-D is an unmanned aerial vehicle made from carbon fiber. It has an OPV option.

References
  1. "LH-10 Ellipse". LH Aviation. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  2. "Après de multiples déboires, LH Aviation entre en redressement judiciaire". Capital Finance (in French). 2018-05-11. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
  3. Gay, Marcel (2018-07-30). "L'avion LH-10 n'a jamais volé... sauf ses clients". Capital.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-10-23.
  4. "LH-10 Ellipse". LH Aviation. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  5. Air-Britain. "Aviation photographs of Airshow: Le Bourget - Paris Air Show - 2009 :". abpic.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  6. à 07h00, Par Le 23 avril 2014 (2014-04-23). "L'incroyable success story de LH Aviation à Villaroche". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-10-23.
  7. "LH Aviation France". LH Aviation. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  8. "LH Aviation France". LH Aviation. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  9. "Show Reports". www.scramble.nl. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  10. "LH Aviation Maroc (Morocco)". LH Aviation. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  11. "Liquidation judiciaire Lh Aviation à Limoges-Fourches (453705717) - ProcedureCollective.fr".
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