The Piel CP.80 Zephir (or Zef), Piel CP.801 and Piel CP.802 are racing aircraft developed in France in the 1970s and marketed for homebuilding. They are compact, single-seat, single-engine monoplanes with low, cantilever wings.

Design and development

The pilot sits in a fully enclosed cockpit and the tailwheel undercarriage is fixed.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 96. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X Although designed to be built of wood, the first CP.80 to fly (registered F-PTXL and named ''Zef'') was built from composite materials by Pierre Calvel and beat even the designer's own CP.80 into the air. Calvel's CP-80 was entered in the French

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air races in 1976, but failed to qualify.

Variants

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. ;Piel CP.801 ;Piel CP.802

Specifications (CP.80)

References

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