Jojo Wings (also styled as JOJOWINGS and Jojo Wing) is a

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based in

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. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of

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s and

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s in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft. The company also makes

parafoil kite Foil kites are soft kites based on the design of the parafoil. They consist of a number of cells running fore to aft, some or all of which are open at the front to allow air to inflate the kite so it takes on an aerofoil section. Due to the amou ...

s.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 21. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003.

History

Founded in 1992, the company first sent competitors to the

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in 1993. The company quickly expanded into canopies 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 ...

and a number of National and European Champions flew to success on their wings. By 1994 they were building kite wings for snow and land use, with two snow board World Champions using Jojo kites. In 1994 the company also expanded into constructing parachutes for civil and later military use. By the mid-2000s the company had a range of paragliders that included the performance

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, the intermediate Yoki and the two-place Quest Bi for

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. Reviewer Noel Bertrand noted the very low prices of the company's paragliders in a 2003 review, saying "The prices are very interesting". By 2016 the company was only building one paraglider, the

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and five models of parachute, the HOP 330,

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, XF15 and Base.

Aircraft

Summary of aircraft built by Jojo Wings: * Jojo Addiction * Jojo Instinct * Jojo Quest Bi * Jojo Speedy * Jojo Yoki

References

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* {{Jojo Wings aircraft Aircraft manufacturers of the Czech Republic and Czechoslovakia Ultralight aircraft Parachuting Powered parachutes Paragliders Kites Kitesurfing Manufacturing companies established in 1992 1992 establishments in Czechoslovakia