Air-Sport Producent Paralotni () is a Polish
aircraft manufacturer
An aerospace manufacturer is a company or individual involved in the various aspects of designing, building, testing, selling, and maintaining aircraft, aircraft parts, missiles, rockets, or spacecraft. Aerospace is a high technology industry.
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based in
Zakopane
Zakopane (Gorals#Language, Podhale Goral: ''Zokopane'') is a town in the south of Poland, in the southern part of the Podhale region at the foot of the Tatra Mountains. From 1975 to 1998, it was part of Nowy Sącz Voivodeship; since 1999, it has ...
and founded by Krzysztof Dudziński in 1989. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of
paraglider
Paragliding is the recreational and competitive adventure sport of flying paragliders: lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched Glider (aircraft), glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure. The pilot sits in a :wikt:harness, harness or in ...
s and wings for
powered paragliding
Powered paragliding, also known as paramotoring or PPG, is a form of ultralight aviation where the pilot wears a back-pack motor (a paramotor) which provides enough thrust to take off using a paraglider. It can be launched in still air, and on ...
.
[Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 11. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ]
Dudziński was the Polish National Paragliding Champion in 1993 and 1998 and a member of the Polish National Team.
The company has produced an ever-evolving line of paragliders, including the intermediate
Ajos, the recreational
Pasat and the cross-country
Chinooka. The
Buran was designed specifically for powered paragliding.
The company's gliders were noted by reviewer Noel Bertrand in 2003 as being inexpensively priced, compared to other paragliders on the market at that time.
Aircraft
Aircraft built by Air-Sport:
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Air-Sport Aeolus
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Air-Sport Ajos
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Air-Sport Altus
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Air-Sport Buran
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Air-Sport Chinook
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Air-Sport Daedalus
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Air-Sport Euros
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Air-Sport Fen
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Air-Sport Lahotse
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Air-Sport Notos
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Air-Sport Notosie
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Air-Sport Pasat
References
External links
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{{Air-Sport aircraft
Aircraft manufacturers of Poland
Paragliders
Polish brands
Manufacturing companies established in 1989
Polish companies established in 1989