AIRCRAFT PROGRAM
| Lift type | Fixed wing | ||
| Construction type | Factory-built | ||
| Control type | Piloted | ||
| Engine type | Piston | ||
| Application | Sport | ||
| Final assembly | Issoire/Le Broc | ||
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Low wing single piston all composite light aircraft. Includes APM-20 Lionceau, APM-21 Lion (development suspended) APM-30 Lion, APM-40 Simba (no longer promoted), APM-41 Simba 915 iS, APM-50 Nala (no longer promoted), and APM-51 Cheelaar (armed variant, no longer promoted).
| Variant | Launch/First flight | Production end | |
| Issoire APM-20 Lionceau | 1999 / 1995 | Two seat lightplane with low, trapezoidal wing. | |
| Issoire APM-30 Lion | 2007 / 2005 | Three seat version, EASA certified. | |
| Issoire APM-40 Simba | 2011 / 2009 | 2015 | Four seat version with fuselage widened at second row of seats. |
| Issoire APM-41 Simba 915 iS | 2016 / 2017 | Development of APM-40 (which it replaced) with Rotax 915 iS. |
See recent updates (latest 05/03/2025)
| Flightcom Corporation | Analysis | Onboard Intercom Systems. Note: Optional Flightcom 403 MC (APM-20) |
| Garmin International | Analysis | Radio Communications Equipment. Note: Optional GNC 420 VHF/GPS (APM-20); optional GNS 430 VHF/VOR/GPS (APM-20/40); Radar Transponders. Note: Optional GTX 327 transponder (APM-20); Onboard Intercom Systems. Note: Optional GMA 340 (APM-20) |
| Honeywell Aerospace | Analysis | Airborne Communication Systems. Note: Optional KLX 135A comms (APM-20); optional KX 125A VHF/VOR (APM-20); Onboard Intercom Systems. Note: Optional KA 134 intercom (APM-20); Radar Transponders. Note: Optional KT 76A transponder (APM-20) |
| Aspen Avionics Inc. | Analysis | Electronic Flight Instrument Systems. Note: Optional EFD1000 dual screen EFIS (APM-40) |
| Garmin International | Analysis | Electronic Flight Instrument Systems: G3X - Issoire APM-41 Simba 915 iS - Optional G3X Touch; G5 - Issoire APM-41 Simba 915 iS - Optional G5 |
| Thales AVS France | Analysis | Helmet-Mounted Displays (HMD). Note: Visionix Scorpion helmet-mounted cueing system (APM-51) |
| Garmin International | Analysis | VOR (Omnirange) Receivers. Note: Optional GI 106A VOR (APM-20) |
| Honeywell Aerospace | Analysis | GPS. Note: Optional KMD 250 GPS (APM-20); VOR (Omnirange) Receivers. Note: Optional KI 208 (APM-20) |
| BRP-Rotax GmbH & Co KG | Analysis | Piston Engines: R912 Series - Issoire APM-20 Lionceau - Rotax 912 A2, optional Rotax 912 S2; Issoire APM-30 Lion - Rotax 912 S; - |
| Continental Aerospace Technologies | Analysis | Piston Engines. Note: IOF-240-B (APM-40) |
| Lycoming Engines | Analysis | Piston Engines. Note: AEIO-360-B2F (APM-50) |
| Helices Evra | Analysis | Wooden Propellers. Note: Evra 164/152/116 two-blade fixed pitch wooden propeller (APM-20); Evra 182/171/1005 two-blade fixed pitch wooden propeller (APM-30) |
| Hoffmann Propeller | Analysis | Composite Propellers. Note: Two-blade constant speed propeller (APM-21) |
| MT-Propeller Entwicklung GmbH | Analysis | Composite Propellers. Note: Two-blade propeller, not fixed (APM-20/30); MTV-7-D/175-51 two blade, fixed pitch propeller (APM-40); Three-blade CS hydro propeller (APM-41); MT-180R-170-4G two-blade wooden propeller (APM-50) |
