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Paramania is a British
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
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. The company was founded by powered paraglider competition pilot and light aircraft designer Mike Campbell-Jones in Wales, UK back in 1994 and later relocated to France. It specializes in the design and manufacture of reflex 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 ...
. Years of painstaking R&D, countless prototypes and thousands of hours of testing were needed to bring the reflex profile into reality. Changing the sport of paramotoring and paragliding forever. Suddenly speed and stability was possible with a ‘soft wing’. Some even use the term ‘rigid wing’ thanks to this amazing advancement in wing design that compared to a standard paraglider feels much safer. As well as pioneering the reflex wing Mike also produced
paramotors 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 ...
for the US
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rules and the European
microlight Ultralight aviation (called microlight aviation in some countries) is the flying of lightweight, 1- or 2-seat fixed-wing aircraft. Some countries differentiate between weight-shift control and conventional three-axis control aircraft with ailer ...
category.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 71. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X Originally the company was established by Campbell-Jones and when manufacturing became too costly in the UK it was decided to collaborate with
Dudek Paragliding Dudek Paragliders (until 26 May 2006 called Dudek Paragliding) is a Polish aircraft manufacturer based near Bydgoszcz and founded by Piotr Dudek, Wojtek Domanski, and Darek Filipowicz on August 22, 1995. The company specializes in the design an ...
of
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,
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in producing paragliders including Campbell-Jones' Reflex wing. Prior to that Campbell-Jones' designs were produced and marketed by Reflex Wings Ltd & Eagle Flight Factory. Other collaborations with Ozone Paragliders, GIN Paragliders and a handful of other companies lead to the widespread use of reflex profiles. By 2015 Paramania was specializing exclusively in the design and production of wings for powered paragliding and was producing the Paramania GTS, GTX, Revo and tandem Rokit wings. Thanks to Mike Campbell-Jones the reflex wing profile for ram-air paraglider wings was born. Improving safety and stability of the modern day ram-aim tenfold allowing more people to feel safe while flying a paramotor which was a huge factor that helped increase the acceptance and popularity of powered paragliding. Reflex wings are now used by almost every paraglider manufacturer, especially for paramotor and speed flying use.


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*{{Official website, https://paramania.com/ Aircraft manufacturers of the United Kingdom Ultralight aircraft Paramotors