Edel Paragliders was a South Korean

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based in

Gwangju Gwangju (; ), formerly romanized as Kwangju, is South Korea's list of cities in South Korea, sixth-largest metropolis. It is a designated Special cities of South Korea, metropolitan city under the direct control of the central government's Home ...

and headed by Sung Heon Song. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of

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s and

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wings in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 14. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. The company seems to have been founded in the 1990s and went out of business in about 2007. The company was a subsidiary of the Hispo Company, Limited, which manufactured

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s for military use and was established in 1982. Hispo also appears to be out of business. Edel produced a very large range of paragliders and at one time was one of the world's largest manufacturers of them. In the mid-2000s they had 39 paraglider models in production, plus additional wings for

ing. Aircraft included the competition level

Edel Ace The Edel Ace is a South Korean single-place, paraglider that was designed and produced by Edel Paragliders of Gwangju Gwangju (; ), formerly romanized as Kwangju, is South Korea's list of cities in South Korea, sixth-largest metropolis. I ...

, Excel and

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as well as the beginner's Be All and the intermediate level

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. The company also produced two-place gliders, like the Prime Bi.

Aircraft

Summary of paragliders built by Edel: * Edel 8000 *

* Edel Aerotik * Edel Apollo * Edel Atlas * Edel Be All * Edel Confidence * Edel Control * Edel Corvette * Edel Course * Edel Crazy * Edel Energy * Edel EQ * Edel Excel * Edel Galazy * Edel Genious * Edel Infinity * Edel Jupiter * Edel Live * Edel Manta * Edel Mercury * Edel Millenium * Edel Millennium * Edel Mountain * Edel Mustang *

Edel New The Edel New is a South Korean single-place, paraglider that was designed and produced by Edel Paragliders of Gwangju. It is now out of production.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 15. ...

* Edel Orion * Edel Peacock * Edel Populair * Edel Power Atlas * Edel Prime * Edel Prime Bi * Edel Promise * Edel Quantum * Edel Racer * Edel Rainbow * Edel Response * Edel Saber * Edel Sector * Edel Sector TX * Edel Solo * Edel Space * Edel Stardust * Edel Superspace * Edel Wisdom * Edel Weekend * Edel ZX * Edel ZX Bi

References

External links

Company website archives
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