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Jean Pottier was an engineer and pilot who enjoyed an exceptional career spanning four decades. After working for CARMAN, he joined Aérospatiale, and all the while continued to conceive aircraft for amateur construction.
Sailplanes, all-metal tourism aircraft, ultralights, biplanes, high-wing monoplanes, even a flying wing and a blimp... Pottier was a genius of light aviation who was able to anticipate the expectations of amateur builders around the world.
He became secretary of the RSA (French EAA), then its president from 1996 up to his passing in 2003, managing to federate the various associations of amateur builders and collectors in order to obtain better representation and defense before administrative authorities.
Jean Pottier met with a tragic death in one of his airplanes in September 2003. He was only 58 years old.
Jacquet-Pottier designs produced by CARMAM
(Coopérative d'Approvisionnement et de Réparations de Matériel Aéronautique de Moulins)
Robert Jacquet and Jean Pottier were technical chiefs for that company
Pottier designs under Avions Jean Pottier
I'm sure this list is not complete, and that more information and registrations could be added, so feel free to add to it! (and to correct any mistakes I might have made)
Sailplanes, all-metal tourism aircraft, ultralights, biplanes, high-wing monoplanes, even a flying wing and a blimp... Pottier was a genius of light aviation who was able to anticipate the expectations of amateur builders around the world.
He became secretary of the RSA (French EAA), then its president from 1996 up to his passing in 2003, managing to federate the various associations of amateur builders and collectors in order to obtain better representation and defense before administrative authorities.
Jean Pottier met with a tragic death in one of his airplanes in September 2003. He was only 58 years old.
Jacquet-Pottier designs produced by CARMAM
(Coopérative d'Approvisionnement et de Réparations de Matériel Aéronautique de Moulins)
Robert Jacquet and Jean Pottier were technical chiefs for that company
- JP.15/36 "Aiglon": single-seat mid-wing performance sailplane (1974); F-WCAP (n° 01), F-CETI, F-CETR, F-CFGC …
- JP.15/36 B: version of above; one known [F-CETY].
- JP.15/36 C: version of above; one known [F-CETD].
- JP.15/36 AR: version of above; one known [F-WETN].
- JP.15/38: version of above; one built.
- JP.14/34: single-seat mid-wing performance sailplane of mixed construction, meant as a kit version of JP.15/38 (1976);
2 prototypes [F-WCAF (n° 1), F-WFGB (n° 2)] - JP.15/34 Club: all-wooden variant of above; 9 built [F-CRAC, F-CRAI, etc.].
- JP.15/38: single-seat mid-wing performance sailplane (1977); one built.
- C.38: same as above but produced by SIREN (1981); 2 built [F-WAQG, F-CAQJ].
- JP.20/90 "Impala": single-seat low-wing racer aircraft of plastic construction, with a 90 hp Continental C-90-12F engine (1971); 1 built [F-WSQH (n° 01)].
Pottier designs under Avions Jean Pottier
- P 10: no data; not built.
- P 30 L "Pétrel": single-seat mid-wing monoplane designed by Pottier in the early 1960s but not built; nicknamed "Citronnelle" when its P 130 L derivative was built.
- P 40: single-seat tailless monoplane with a 25 hp Volkswagen pusher engine (1975); very first aircraft designed by Pottier; 2 built [F-WYBF > F-PBYF (n° 01), destroyed], [OO-68].
- P 50 TR "Bouvreuil": single-seat low-wing sports monoplane with a 90 hp Continental C-90 engine (1979); 4 built, including [HB-YBF (n° 04)]
- P 50 R "Bouvreuil": aerobatic version of above with retractable landing gear; fully developed but never built.
- P 60 "Minacro": single-seat open-cockpit aerobatic biplane with a 105 Potez 4E-20A engine (1991), sold as plans; [OE-AGM (n° 01)] known.
- P 60A "Minacro": variant with a 90 hp Continental C-90 engine (a 100 hp Continental O-200-A was also used); 5 built, including [F-PRIJ (n° 03)], [F-PBAG], [F-PGBS (n° 9)].
- P 70B (S.70 VS): single-seat enclosed mid-wing sports monoplane with a 50 hp Volkswagen engine; built by Alain Besneux; cowling later modified (1974); 1 built [F-PVQG (n° 01)].
- P 70 S: production version of above, with a 40 hp Volkswagen engine (1977); 52 built, including [F-PYEF (n° 02)], [F-PYII], [F-PRPC], [F-PYOM (n° 40)].
- P 80 S: modernized version of P 70 S (1977); 80 built in all versions, including prototype [F-WYEB > F-PYEB (n° 01)]
- P 80 SM: variant with 60/70 hp Volkswagen 2000 cc engine and tail wheel; [F-PAPY (n° 59)] known.
- P 80 SR: variant with 100 hp R.-R. Continental O-200-A engine and tail wheel; [F-PZTN (n° 14)] known.
- P 80 SMR: same as above but with tricycle landing gear.
- P 100 TS: side-by-side seating multipurpose high-wing monoplane with a 100 hp Continental O-200-A engine (1980);
built by Jacques Chalard; only 1 built [F-WYJC > F-PYJC (n° 01)]. - P 105 TS: hybrid variant of above, using a P 100 fuselage and P 110 wings (1984); not produced.
- P 110 TS: similar to above but with 150 hp Avco Lycoming engine and extended wingspan (1984); prototype started circa 1990 bu Mr. Gaillard but never finished.
- P 130 L "Coccinelle": side-by-side seating mid-wing sports monoplane with a 65 hp JPX 4T 60A engine (1998), a two-seat development of the P 30; about 23 built, including prototype [F-PBCJ (c/n 1000)]; also found as the Pottier "Bleu Citron" from the RSA program that supported it.
- P 140: unbuilt two-seat derivative of the P 40 pusher (1976).
- P. 150: two-seat version of the P.50; not produced.
- P 170 S: tandem-seat version of P 70 S with 50 hp Volkswagen 1600 cc engine, but up to 70 hp possible (1979); about 5 built including [F-PYII (n° 002), F-WYIK > -PYIK (004), F-WYLG]
- P 180 S "Fennec": side-by-side seating version of P 80 S, with P 70-like wing and 65 hp Volkswagen/JPX 1835 engine (types up to 115 hp possible) (1981)
- PRM 180: variant with hard-top built by the Rorthais-Mauléon aeroclub [F-PZIU (n° 45)].
- P 190 S "Castor": no data; 1 built.
- P 210 S "Coati": single-seater, no data.
- P 220 "Koala": tandem-seat development of P.210 S with 75 hp Volkswagen engine (1987); pre-production prototype [F-PYZM (n° 01)] crashed but restored in 1995.
- P 220 S "Koala": production version of above, with 75 hp Volkswagen/Limbach engine (1997); 379 built in all versions.
- P 230 S "Panda": three-seat version of P 220 S (1990); [F-PACB (n° 01)] built by Charles Biré.
- P 240 S "Saïga": four-seat version of P 220 S; not produced.
- P 250 S "Xérus": improved three-seat version of P 220 S; not produced.
- P 270 S "Amster": improved four-seat version of P 220 S with 150 hp Textron Lycoming engine (2000); at least 3 [F-PLMJ (n° 438)], [F-PHMP (n° 432)], [F-PJLV (n° 441)].
- AT-3: P 220 derivative built by Aero AT in Poland; several variants.
- "Eurostar": P 220 derivative built by Evektor-Aerotechnik in the Czech Republic.
- P 290 S: single-seat ultralight biplane with inverted staggered wings and aluminum tube construction (1992); was to be produced by SVL, but it never happened.
- P. 300 "Ara": no data.
- P SW: side-by-side seating ultralight biplane with inverted staggered wings (1997); project only.
- Pitchoune "Abel-Henry": single-seat racer of wooden construction with a Volkswagen engine (1999); started by Claude Dupont but never completed.
- P 320 S (P 320 UL): side-by-side seating low-wing sports monoplane with an 80 hp Jabiru 2200 engine (2002); at least one built [F-PATO, n° 03)].
- PL 360 "Avalanche": aerobatic prototype conceived with Jean-Marc Laurent (2003); apparently never finished.
I'm sure this list is not complete, and that more information and registrations could be added, so feel free to add to it! (and to correct any mistakes I might have made)
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