APM 30 Lion
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The Issoire APM 30 Lion is a three-seat light aircraft manufactured by the French manufacturer Issoire Aviation
. It is entirely built from composite material
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Issoire Aviation
Issoire Aviation, established in Issoire, France, 30 km from Clermont-Ferrand, is an aircraft manufacturer founded in 1978 to take on the work of Wassmer Aviation...
. It is entirely built from composite material
Composite material
Composite materials, often shortened to composites or called composition materials, are engineered or naturally occurring materials made from two or more constituent materials with significantly different physical or chemical properties which remain separate and distinct at the macroscopic or...
s, especially carbon fiber
Carbon fiber
Carbon fiber, alternatively graphite fiber, carbon graphite or CF, is a material consisting of fibers about 5–10 μm in diameter and composed mostly of carbon atoms. The carbon atoms are bonded together in crystals that are more or less aligned parallel to the long axis of the fiber...
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