Tecma Sport is a French
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.
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based in
Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny
Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny () is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France.
It is located in the historical province of Faucigny in Savoy hence its name. The town had 6,389 inhabitants in 2016. ...
and formerly in
La Roche-sur-Foron
La Roche-sur-Foron (; Arpitan: ''La Roche'') is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France.
It is located about 23 km (14.2 mi) southeast of Geneva, Switzerland. La Roche-sur-Foron sta ...
. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of
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 ...
s and
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. The company also makes
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 and hang glider harnesses.
[Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 47. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ]
The company seems to have been founded about 1982, when it produced the
Tecma Mirage and
Tecma Spirale hang glider models.
The company produces a wide range of hang gliders, including the
Tecma F1 Tempo
The Tecma F1 Tempo is a French high-wing, single-place, hang glider that was designed and produced by Tecma Sport of La Roche-sur-Foron. Now out of production, when it was available the aircraft was supplied complete and ready-to-fly.Bertrand, ...
series and
Tecma FX
The Tecma FX is a French high-wing, single-place, hang glider that was designed and produced by Tecma Sport of La Roche-sur-Foron. Now out of production, when it was available the aircraft was supplied complete and ready-to-fly.Bertrand, Noel; ...
in the mid-2000s. The two-place
Tecma Medium has been in production since 1985.
Aircraft
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Aircraft manufacturers of France
Ultralight aircraft
Hang gliders
Ultralight trikes
Paragliders
Manufacturing companies established in 1982
French companies established in 1982
Companies based in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes