Jurca, Marcel

 
France
Developed a very extensive range of light aircraft, available for home construction from plans. These include MJ.2 Tempete single-seat wood/fabric aerobatic monoplane (first flown 1956), MJ.5 Sirocco tandem two-seat aerobatic monoplane (first flown 1962), MJ.8 as 75 percent scale replica of Fw 190 fighter, MJ.9 as 75 percent scale replica of Bf 109 fighter, MJ.10 Spitfire as 75 percent scale wooden replica of Supermarine fighter, MJ.12 as 75 percent scale replica of P-40 fighter, MJ.53 Autan side-by-side two-seater (first flown 1991), MJ.77 Gnatsum as 75 percent scale wooden replica of P-51 Mustang fighter, and a range of full-size replicas of Second World War fighters, including MJ.80/Fw-190, MJ.90/Bf- 109 and MJ.100/Spitfire.

Marcel Jurca died in October 2001, aged 81.