[citation needed] Maurice Hurel [fr], a French aircraft designer, became a champion of very high aspect ratio wings in a bid to significantly reduce induced drag, similar to the "Davis wing" of the Consolidated B-24 Liberator, but with much higher aspect ratios.
After testing his wing design on the diminutive HD.10, Hurel was ready to progress to a full size transport aircraft, a joint venture between F.G.
[1] The HDM.105 utilised the fuselage, tail unit and engines from Miles Aerovan Mk.4 G-AOJF, fitted with a Hurel designed 75 ft 4 in (23 m) span 20.5:1 aspect ratio wing of NACA laminar flow sections, supported on aerofoil section lifting struts.
[2] The H.D.M.107, known as the Aerojeep, was a military version of the HDM.106 to a STOL light transport requirement of the US Army, to be powered by two 800 shp (597 kW) Lycoming T53 turboprop engines.
[2] The Miles M.111 was proposed as a light single-engined transport utilising the outer wings and struts of the HDM.105, powered by a single 320 shp (239 kW) Turbomeca Astazou turboprop engine.