Pegas 2000
| Type | Privately held company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Aerospace |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | Paragliders Foil kites |
| Website | pegas2000 |
Pegas 2000 SRO is a Czech aircraft manufacturer based in Prague. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of paragliders in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft. The company also builds powered paragliding wings and parafoil kites.[1]
The company is a společnost s ručením omezeným (SRO), a Czech limited company.[1]
History[]
The company was founded in 1989 and in 1990 started its own paraglider flight training school and also introduced its first elliptical planform glider, the . In 1994 the company developed its own paraglider design software, which allowed designing diagonal ribs and other features only possible with computer modelling.[2]
In 1993 the company started developing parafoil kites for kite surfing and kite snowboarding, establishing a school for kite boarding in 2002.[2]
In 1999 the company introduced the , a glider that became a benchmark.[2]
By the mid 2000s the company was producing the beginner Pegas Arcus, intermediate Avis and Bain, the cross country Bellus and the competition Certus. A two-place glider, the Discus was also in the catalogue.[1]
Aircraft[]
Summary of aircraft built by Pegas 2000:
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- Aircraft manufacturers of the Czech Republic and Czechoslovakia
- Ultralight aircraft
- Paragliders
- Companies established in 1989
- 1989 establishments in Czechoslovakia