North Wing Design is an American aircraft manufacturer, specializing in

hang glider Hang gliding is an air sport or recreational activity in which a pilot flies a light, non-motorised, fixed-wing heavier-than-air aircraft called a hang glider. Most modern hang gliders are made of an aluminium alloy or composite frame covered ...

light-sport aircraft A light-sport aircraft (LSA), or light sport aircraft, is a category of small, lightweight aircraft that are simple to fly. LSAs tend to be heavier and more sophisticated than ultralight (aka "microlight") aircraft, but LSA restrictions on weigh ...

and

ultralight trike An ultralight trike or paratrike is a type of powered hang glider where flight control is by weight-shift control, weight-shift. These light-sport aircraft, aircraft have a fabric Rogallo wing, flex-wing from which is suspended a tricycle fusel ...

s. The company was based in

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and later moved to

Chelan, Washington Chelan ( ) is a city in Chelan County, Washington, Chelan County, Washington (state), Washington, United States. The estimated population was 4,222 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It lies on the southeast tip of Lake Chelan, where ...

.Cliche, Andre: ''Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide'' 8th Edition, page C-15. Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001. Downey, Julia: ''2005 Trikes 'Chutes and Rotorcraft Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 22, Number 2, February 2005, page 48. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 105. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X The company makes its own sails and wings, and supplies more wings to other North American trike manufacturers, such as Wettrike, than any other manufacturer.

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* {{North Wing Design aircraft Aircraft manufacturers of the United States Ultralight trikes