Company — Celeste EcoFlyers

Company

Two founders
who make air work.

Celeste EcoFlyers builds light, uncrewed electric aircraft around a wing that inflates, flies and folds.

Olivier Manette and Benjamin Degasne with the dAS20 · Le Havre airport

Our story

It began in a bubble
hangar at the airport.

Benjamin

Twenty years making air carry loads.

Inflatable structures, coated textiles and high-frequency welding. Through his engineering consultancy, SME, he worked for Airbus, GE, LVMH, Hutchinson and Stellantis.

Olivier

Ten years putting sensors and AI on infrastructure.

And a licensed ultralight flight instructor.

The prototype

Built in nine months, by the two of them.

Wooden propellers and wooden parts cut by a local workshop. From Reims to Le Havre airport in December 2025. First takeoff on 7 May 2026.

The wing in the bubble hangar, at night · 15 Dec 2025

Working under the wing · 15 Dec 2025

The ground control station · Le Havre airport

First takeoff · 7 May 2026

Milestones

Fast, on purpose.

2024

GreenTech Innovation

2025

Solar Impulse “Efficient Solution” label

Dec 2025

From Reims to a hangar at Le Havre airport

2026

Flight-test authorization in about three months

7 May 2026

First takeoff

May 2026

~12 articles in 5 countries

June 2026

VivaTech Paris, Impact Builders program

2026

5 letters of intent signed by operators

The crew

Small team. Big wing.

Two founders, and the people who helped them get it off the ground.

CEO · Autopilot and embedded AI

Olivier Manette

PhD in computational neuroscience, licensed ULM flight instructor. Ten years as founder-CEO of Flod.ai, sensors and AI for infrastructure monitoring.

CTO · Inflatable wing and industrialization

Benjamin Degasne

Textile engineer (ENSAIT), twenty years in inflatable structures: 50+ innovations, 10+ products industrialized, 4 patents. CES Innovation Award 2026, Concours Lépine gold medal 2023.

Where we are