This French aircraft is a derivative of the 1934 Henri Mignet HM14 design, "Flying Flea," which cannot stall or spin. Some of its features are:

Constructed with a geodetic-type construction, very unusual at the time.

Harley Davidson engine

Alvin wrote 3 nice little books:

•  HOW I MAKE WOODEN PROPELLERS
•  THE FLYING FLEA AND SOME EARLY EXPERIENCES
•  A FARMER BUILDS A PLANE.

Local folklore around Galesville was that Alvin's mother took an ax to Alvin's FLEA, but this was not true.

Displayed for you by HMS Foundation, a tax-exempt organization. FLEA came to us courtesy of Ray SCHUBERT, Galesville WI who grew up admiring this FLEA "up in the barn" all these years. Your support and donations are greatly appreciated.

WEBSITE: www.hmshtf.org