The company was founded in 2004 by Sébastien Lefebvre as a manufacturer of ultralight single and two-seater carbon fibre aircraft.[2] A prototype of the first airplane was created that year by Frédéric Hubschwerlenson and Lefebvre.[3]
Their plane, the LH-10, has multiple versions including automated and training planes.[1] The LH-10 was shown at the 2009 Le Bourget Paris Air Show.[4]
In 2015 the company had about 50 employees in Villaroche, France,[5] including one dedicated pilot.[6]
Over the years the company raised capital from investors in different countries,[3] including Mohsine Karim-Bennani from Morocco, who wanted to create a Moroccan subsidiary and a manufacturing plant in Casablanca. However the two sides ended up in court and the collaboration was cancelled.[2]
^ abc"Après de multiples déboires, LH Aviation entre en redressement judiciaire". Capital Finance (in French). 2018-05-11. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
^ abGay, Marcel (2018-07-30). "L'avion LH-10 n'a jamais volé... sauf ses clients". Capital.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-10-23.
^Air-Britain. "Aviation photographs of Airshow: Le Bourget - Paris Air Show - 2009 :". abpic.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
^à 07h00, Par Le 23 avril 2014 (2014-04-23). "L'incroyable success story de LH Aviation à Villaroche". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-10-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)