Paratech AG was a

Swiss Swiss most commonly refers to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Swiss may also refer to: Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina * Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses * Swiss Café, an old café located ...

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

Wasserauen Wasserauen is a place in the district of Schwende District, Schwende in the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden in Switzerland. The settlement consists of a few farms, the terminus stations of the railway line Gossau, ...

and previously in

Appenzell Appenzell () was a cantons of Switzerland, canton in the northeast of Switzerland, and entirely surrounded by the canton of St. Gallen, in existence from 1403 to 1597. Appenzell became independent of the Abbey of Saint Gall in 1403 and entered ...

. The company specialized 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, as well as paragliding harnesses, clothing and accessories.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 26. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. The company was founded in 1988 and seems to gone out of business in 2015. The company was an

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, a stockholder owned company. Paratech's paragliders, designed by Uwe Bernholz, had a unique model numbering system. In the early 2000s production included the beginner P25 and P26, the intermediate P43 and the performance P70, as well as the two-place P Bi4 for

flight training Flight training is a course of study used when learning to pilot an aircraft. The overall purpose of primary and intermediate flight training is the acquisition and honing of basic airmanship skills. Flight training can be conducted under a str ...

Aircraft

Summary of aircraft built by Paratech: * Paratech P12 * Paratech P22 * Paratech P25 * Paratech P26 * Paratech P28 *

Paratech P43 Paratech AG was a Switzerland, Swiss aircraft manufacturer based in Wasserauen and previously in Appenzell (town), Appenzell. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of paragliders in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft, as well as ...

* Paratech P45 * Paratech P50 * Paratech P70 * Paratech P81 * Paratech P Bi4 * Paratech P Bi6

References

External links

Company website archives
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{{Paratech aircraft Defunct aircraft manufacturers of Switzerland Paragliders Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1988 Swiss companies established in 1988