Colomban Cri-cri

"Cri-cri" redirects here. For the Mexican singer, see Francisco Gabilondo Soler. For the fictional character, see Cri-cri (character). For the Italian television series, see Cri Cri (TV series).
Cri-Cri
French-built homebuilt Cri-Cri at Airexpo 2007
General information
TypeHomebuilt recreational aircraft
Designer
History
Introduction date1973
First flight19 July 1973
1984 Colomban MC-15 Cri-cri in England

The Colomban Cri-Cri, also spelled Cricri, is the smallest twin-engined crewed aircraft in the world, designed in the early 1970s by French aeronautical engineer Michel Colomban.

The name Cri-Cri comes from the nickname of Christine, one of Colomban's daughters.[1][2][3] 'Cri-cri' 'or 'cricri' is also the French term for the sound of a cricket or a cicada, or an informal name for the insects themselves,[4][5] but it is unclear if this double meaning was intended by Colomban himself.

  1. ^ "MC-15 Cri-Cri". free.fr. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Le plus petit avion du monde – Cricri, un moustique sur l'aile des géants". parismatch.com. August 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Le MC-15 "Cri-cri" – Ailes Anciennes de Haute-Savoie". ailesahs.com. Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  4. ^ "CRICRI : Définition de CRICRI". cnrtl.fr. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  5. ^ Swanson, Molly (28 May 2006). "Cri-Cri Homebuilt Aircraft". aerospaceweb.org. Retrieved 12 March 2017. Colomban dubbed his unique aircraft the Cri-Cri, French for "cricket", after the nickname of his daughter.