Édouard Joly

Édouard Joly (abt 1896–1982) was a French businessman and aeroplane designer. He is best known for founding the Jodel company with Jean Délémontez and their design of the Jodel and Robin ranges of light aircraft.

Biography

Joly was born in Burgundy about 1896.

Joly worked for 14 years at a company that sold and repaired farm equipment. During First World War, he was mobilized as an aviation mechanic and stationed first in Avord and then in Dijon. At the end of the war, he returned to the farm equipment company, of which he would later become the owner.

In 1932, he became a founding member of the air club Beaunois. He then built and owned several light aircraft,^[1] including a Flying Flea. In 1946, Joly and his son-in-law Jean Délémontez obtained an old World War II biplane, fixed it up and retrofitted it with a Poinsard engine.^[1] In 1948, Joly test flew the plane, later dubbed the D9 Bebe.^[1] When news got out, the French government put in an order.^[1] Joly and Délémontez founded the Jodel company^[2] for studying, building and repairing airplanes.^[3] The Jodel name came from the pair's surnames, Joly and Delemontez.^[1]^[4] Together, they designed the Jodel line of planes.^[1] Pierre Robin modified a Jodel to create a Robin and, together, Robin and Délémontez would create the Robin DR series of planes.^[1]

Death and legacy

Joly died in 1982. He was 86.^[5]

In 1986, Geoffrey Jones writing in Aircraft Annual 1987 wrote:^[5]

Some names will for ever be associated with France and that country's sport aviation movement. From Blériot at the start, through the infamy of Henri Mignet and his Pou du Ciels, to Joly and Delemontez' Jodels, the French have always been at the forefront in the homebuilt and sport aeroplane world.

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Bramson, Alan (April 1977). "The Remarkable Robins". Aircraft (56). Royal Aeronautical Society Australian Division.: 79–82. The year was 1946 and quite by chance these two men, Edouard Joly and his son-in-law Jean Delmontez, found an old Poinsard engine of 26 hp along with a small quantity of prewar aircraft quality plywood. Without previous experience of building an aircraft, or for that matter any aerodynamic or engineering training whatsoever they set about designing their own light plane which was to provide the cheapest possible solo flying.
↑ Jane, Frederick Thomas (1987). Jane's All the World's Aircraft. Sampson Low, Marston & Company. The Société des Avions Jodel was formed in March 1946, by MM Jean Délémontez and the late Edouard Joly
↑ Gunston, Bill (1993). World Encyclopaedia of Aircraft Manufacturers: From the Pioneers to the Present Day. Naval Institute Press. p. 161. ISBN 978-1-55750-939-0. Jodel (France). Société des Avions Jodel formed at Beaune March 1946 by MM. Edouard Joly and Jean Delemontez to repair light aircraft and gliders
↑ Moll, Nigel. "Say What?: There's Logic in those Numbers". Flying Magazine (December 1982): 49–52 – via Google Books. The airfoil section dated back to 1947, when it was designed by Jean Delemontez, whose name formed the "del" in Jodel, the "Jo" coming from partner and test pilot Edouard Joly. Delemontez was recognized by the DR Rob-in designation applied to the 200, 300 and 400 series of airplanes using the Delemontez wing design.
1 2 Jones, Geoffrey P. (1986). "Homebuilts – French Style". Aircraft Annual 1987: Aircraft Illustrated. Ian Allan Limited: 77, 79, 82. ISBN 978-0-7110-1632-3.

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[bramson-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Bramson, Alan (April 1977). "The Remarkable Robins". Aircraft (56). Royal Aeronautical Society Australian Division.: 79–82. The year was 1946 and quite by chance these two men, Edouard Joly and his son-in-law Jean Delmontez, found an old Poinsard engine of 26 hp along with a small quantity of prewar aircraft quality plywood. Without previous experience of building an aircraft, or for that matter any aerodynamic or engineering training whatsoever they set about designing their own light plane which was to provide the cheapest possible solo flying.

[2] Jane, Frederick Thomas (1987). Jane's All the World's Aircraft. Sampson Low, Marston & Company. The Société des Avions Jodel was formed in March 1946, by MM Jean Délémontez and the late Edouard Joly

[3] Gunston, Bill (1993). World Encyclopaedia of Aircraft Manufacturers: From the Pioneers to the Present Day. Naval Institute Press. p. 161. ISBN 978-1-55750-939-0. Jodel (France). Société des Avions Jodel formed at Beaune March 1946 by MM. Edouard Joly and Jean Delemontez to repair light aircraft and gliders

[moll-4] Moll, Nigel. "Say What?: There's Logic in those Numbers". Flying Magazine (December 1982): 49–52 – via Google Books. The airfoil section dated back to 1947, when it was designed by Jean Delemontez, whose name formed the "del" in Jodel, the "Jo" coming from partner and test pilot Edouard Joly. Delemontez was recognized by the DR Rob-in designation applied to the 200, 300 and 400 series of airplanes using the Delemontez wing design.

[jones86-5] 1 2 Jones, Geoffrey P. (1986). "Homebuilts – French Style". Aircraft Annual 1987: Aircraft Illustrated. Ian Allan Limited: 77, 79, 82. ISBN 978-0-7110-1632-3.

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