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Tecma Aircraft
Tecma Sport is a French aircraft manufacturer based in Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny and formerly in La Roche-sur-Foron. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of hang gliders and paragliders in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft. The company also makes ultralight trikes and hang glider harnesses.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 47. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. The company seems to have been founded about 1982, when it produced the Tecma Mirage and Tecma Spirale hang glider models. The company produces a wide range of hang gliders, including the Tecma F1 Tempo series and Tecma FX The Tecma FX is a French high-wing, single-place, hang glider that was designed and produced by Tecma Sport of La Roche-sur-Foron. Now out of production, when it was available the aircraft was supplied complete and ready-to-fly.Bertrand, Noel; ... in the mid-2000s. The two-place Tecma Medium has been in production since 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Privately Held Company
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose Stock, shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in their respective listed markets. Instead, the Private equity, company's stock is offered, owned, traded or exchanged privately, also known as "over-the-counter (finance), over-the-counter". Related terms are unlisted organisation, unquoted company and private equity. Private companies are often less well-known than their public company, publicly traded counterparts but still have major importance in the world's economy. For example, in 2008, the 441 list of largest private non-governmental companies by revenue, largest private companies in the United States accounted for $1.8 trillion in revenues and employed 6.2 million people, according to ''Forbes''. In general, all companies that are not owned by the government are classified as private enterprises. This definition encompasses both publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tecma F1
Tecma Sport is a French aircraft manufacturer based in Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny and formerly in La Roche-sur-Foron. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of hang gliders and paragliders in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft. The company also makes ultralight trikes and hang glider harnesses.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 47. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. The company seems to have been founded about 1982, when it produced the Tecma Mirage and Tecma Spirale hang glider models. The company produces a wide range of hang gliders, including the Tecma F1 Tempo series and Tecma FX The Tecma FX is a French high-wing, single-place, hang glider that was designed and produced by Tecma Sport of La Roche-sur-Foron. Now out of production, when it was available the aircraft was supplied complete and ready-to-fly.Bertrand, Noel; ... in the mid-2000s. The two-place Tecma Medium has been in production since 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tecma U2
The Wills Wing U2 is an American high-wing, single-place, hang glider, designed and produced by Wills Wing of Orange, California since 2003. The aircraft is supplied complete and ready-to-fly.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 50. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003. Design and development The U2 was conceived as a recreational intermediate glider with performance nearing that of competition gliders, like the Wills Wing T2. The U2 is made from 7075 aluminium alloy tubing, with the 84% double-surface wing covered in Dacron sailcloth. The U2 includes a variable geometry (VG) system that tensions the sail for higher glide performance. The two models available are each named for their wing area in square feet. The glider is also sold by Tecma Sport of France as the Techma Sport U2. Variants ;U2 145 :Small-sized model for lighter pilots. Its span wing is cable-braced from a single king post. The nose angle is 125–128° ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wills Wing
Wills Wing, Inc is an aircraft manufacturer originally based in Orange, California. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of hang gliders in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft, plus hang glider harnesses and accessories.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 47. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. The company was founded in 1973 by brothers Bob and Chris Wills. The company sells a line of hang gliders including training and beginner gliders, intermediate and competition wings. History The company was formed as Sport Kites, Inc in 1973 and started doing business under the name ''Wills Wing'' in 1978. In 1973 Chris Wills took first place and Bob Wills won second place in the first US National Hang Gliding Championships. The next year Bob Wills won first place and Chris Wills took second place at the second US Nationals. Chris and Bob Wills' brother, Eric Wills, was killed in a hang gliding accident in 1974. Chr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tecma T2
Tecma Sport is a French aircraft manufacturer based in Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny and formerly in La Roche-sur-Foron. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of hang gliders and paragliders in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft. The company also makes ultralight trikes and hang glider harnesses.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 47. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. The company seems to have been founded about 1982, when it produced the Tecma Mirage and Tecma Spirale hang glider models. The company produces a wide range of hang gliders, including the Tecma F1 Tempo series and Tecma FX The Tecma FX is a French high-wing, single-place, hang glider that was designed and produced by Tecma Sport of La Roche-sur-Foron. Now out of production, when it was available the aircraft was supplied complete and ready-to-fly.Bertrand, Noel; ... in the mid-2000s. The two-place Tecma Medium has been in production since 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tecma Medil
The Tecma Medil is a French high-wing, two-place, hang glider, designed and produced by Tecma Sports of Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny, introduced in 1992. The aircraft is supplied complete and ready-to-fly.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 50. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003. Design and development The Medil was designed for flight training and passenger flights and is made from aluminum tubing, with the single-surface wing covered in 4 oz Dacron sailcloth. Its span wing is cable braced from a single kingpost. The nose angle is 124°, wing area is and the aspect ratio The aspect ratio of a geometry, geometric shape is the ratio of its sizes in different dimensions. For example, the aspect ratio of a rectangle is the ratio of its longer side to its shorter side—the ratio of width to height, when the rectangl ... is 5.7:1. Pilot hook-in weight range is . The sole model, the Medil 21, is named for its rough wing area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
