Michel Colomban is a French aeronautical engineer known for his home-built aircraft. He originally worked for Morane-Saulnier

Morane-Saulnier

Aéroplanes Morane-Saulnier is a French aircraft manufacturing company formed in October 1911 by Raymond Saulnier and the Morane brothers, Leon and Robert...

 on the Morane-Saulnier MS-880 (Rallye), and also later for Société Nationale d'Industrie Aérospatiale

Aérospatiale

Aérospatiale was a French aerospace manufacturer that built both civilian and military aircraft, rockets and satellites. It was originally known as Société Nationale Industrielle Aérospatiale...

. He designed the Colomban Cri-cri in 1973. He also designed the Colomban MC-100 Banbi, a two-seat aircraft powered by an 80 hp engine, in the 1990s; it can reach 300 km/h (186 mph). More recently, Colomban designed the wood and canvas MC-30 Luciole ultralight, which has a maximum speed of 200 km/h (124 mph).