Ozone Gliders Limited is an

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. ...

based in

Le Bar-sur-Loup Le Bar-sur-Loup (, "Le Bar-on- Loup"; ; ) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. Originally known simply as Le Bar, the commune was renamed Le Bar-sur-Loup by a decree ...

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

, although it is registered in

Edinburgh Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. The city is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh ...

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. 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 in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', pages 23 & 28. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. The company CEO is Mike Cavanagh, while gliders are designed by hang gliding and paragliding world champion pilot Robbie Whittall. The company produces a complete line of paragliders. In 2003 their line-up included the training

Atom Atoms are the basic particles of the chemical elements. An atom consists of a atomic nucleus, nucleus of protons and generally neutrons, surrounded by an electromagnetically bound swarm of electrons. The chemical elements are distinguished fr ...

, tandem two-place Mac Daddy Bi, mountain descent

Peak Peak or The Peak may refer to: Basic meanings Geology * Mountain peak ** Pyramidal peak, a mountaintop that has been sculpted by erosion to form a point Mathematics * Peak hour or rush hour, in traffic congestion * Peak (geometry), an (''n''-3)-d ...

, competition Proton GT, sports Ozone Vibe and the intermediate

Vulcan Vulcan may refer to: Mythology * Vulcan (mythology), the god of fire, volcanoes, metalworking, and the forge in Roman mythology Arts, entertainment and media Film and television * Vulcan (''Star Trek''), name of a fictional race and their home p ...

. Whittall and Ozone have collaborated with other companies, such as

Pilots Right Stuff Pilots Right Stuff (often called just PRS) was a German aircraft manufacturer based in Brannenburg and founded by Hans Bausenwein. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of paragliders in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft.Bertra ...

in the design of their PRS Peak mountain descent glider.

Divisions

The company has four divisions: *Ozone Gliders Limited - manufactures paragliders *Ozone Power Limited - manufactures

paramotor Paramotor is the generic name for the harness and propulsive portion of a powered paragliding, powered paraglider ("PPG"). There are two basic types of paramotors: foot launch and wheel launch. Foot launch models consist of a frame with harnes ...

and

speed flying Speed flying and speed riding are recreational and competitive adventure sports of flying lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure. They are similar sports to paragliding, but have smaller wings, h ...

wings *Ozone Kites Limited - manufactures

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 for water, snow and land *Ozone Kitesurf Limited - manufactures inflatable kites for

kitesurfing Kiteboarding or kitesurfing is a sport that involves using wind power with a large power kite to pull a rider across a water, land, snow, sand, or other surface. It combines the aspects of paragliding, surfing, windsurfing, skateboarding, snow ...

Aircraft

Summary of aircraft built by Ozone Gliders: * Ozone 6907 * Ozone Addict * Ozone Alpina * Ozone Atom * Ozone Buzz * Ozone Cosmic Rider * Ozone Delta * Ozone Element * Ozone Enzo * Ozone FLX * Ozone Geo * Ozone Groundhog * Ozone Jomo * Ozone LM4 *

Ozone LM5 Ozone () (or trioxygen) is an Inorganic compound, inorganic molecule with the chemical formula . It is a pale blue gas with a distinctively pungent smell. It is an allotrope of oxygen that is much less stable than the diatomic allotrope , break ...

Ozone LM6 Ozone () (or trioxygen) is an inorganic molecule with the chemical formula . It is a pale blue gas with a distinctively pungent smell. It is an allotrope of oxygen that is much less stable than the diatomic allotrope , breaking down in the lowe ...

* Ozone Mac Daddy Bi * Ozone Magnum * Ozone Mag2lite * Ozone Mantra * Ozone Mojo * Ozone Octane * Ozone Peak * Ozone Proton * Ozone Rush * Ozone Swift * Ozone Swiftmax * Ozone Trickster * Ozone Ultralite * Ozone Vibe * Ozone Vulcan * Ozone XXLite * Ozone Zeno

References

External links

* {{Ozone aircraft Aircraft manufacturers of France Paramotors Paragliders Companies based in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur