Jodel

*Avions Jodel*
Industry	defence
Founded	1946
Founder	Édouard Joly and Jean Délémontez
Headquarters	Blagnac, France
Products	Aircraft

Société Avions Jodel is a French aircraft company started in 1946 by Édouard Joly and his son-in-law Jean Délémontez.^[1]

History

Jodel designed a range of light aeroplanes shortly after the

D9 Bébé (Baby)

model. In fact, the two had much experience of building and designing aircraft, Délémontez being a trained aeronautical engineer, and Joly having built an aircraft before the war.

The French government bought many of the aircraft, with more than 500 D9s being built during the next twenty years. Subsequently, the government expressed interest in a larger aircraft as a

D11

model followed in 1950.

Jodel aircraft are all-wood, usually made from

stall

. From above or below, the wings are also distinctive as this cranked section of the wing tapers sharply towards the wingtip.

The designs are popular in France and in Southern

which?] has been brought up to date somewhat by Frank Rogers^[who?] who produced new drawings to standards suited to Australian amateur builders.^{[citation needed}

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