Technic'air

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Technic'air
TypePrivately held company
IndustryAerospace
Foundedcirca 1998
FounderPierre Allet
Defunct2003
Headquarters
Belvès
,
France
ProductsPowered parachutes

Technic'air was a French aircraft manufacturer based in Belvès. The company was founded by Pierre Allet, a paraglider pilot who had been on the 1991 French national team. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of powered parachutes in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft for the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules and the European Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight categories.[1][2]

The company seems to have been founded about 1998 and gone out of business in 2003.[3]

During its time in business the company designed and produced a range of very simple and inexpensive powered parachute designs. These included the Technic'air Fly Roller which Allet flew across the Mediterranean Sea on one demonstration flight. Other designs were the , , the and the two-place .[1][4]

Company designs were used to set three world records and were the aircraft of choice of Jacky Moussy, when he became French Microlight Champion in 1998.[4]

The business included a paraglider dealership and CFR Périgord, an ultralight flight training school.[4]

Aircraft[]

Summary of aircraft built by Technic'air
Model name First flight Number built Type
Single-seat powered parachute
Single-seat powered parachute
Single-seat powered parachute
Technic'air Fly Roller Single-seat powered parachute
Two-seat powered parachute

References[]

  1. ^ a b Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, page 87. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. ^ "instructeur". technicair.com. Archived from the original on 8 August 2002. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Internet Archive Wayback Machine". archive.org. Retrieved 12 September 2015. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  4. ^ a b c "sommaire". technicair.com. Archived from the original on 11 February 2003. Retrieved 15 September 2015.

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