Air-Sport Chinook

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Chinook
Role Paraglider
National origin Poland
Manufacturer Air-Sport
StatusProduction completed
Producedmid-2000s

The Air-Sport Chinook is a Polish single-place paraglider that was designed and produced by Air-Sport of Zakopane. It is now out of production. [1]

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The glider is also referred to as the Chinooka in Polish. [2]

Design and development

The Chinook is named after a local wind found in North America. It was designed as a cross country glider and was noted in 2003 as being very competitively priced. [1]

The models are each named for their wing area in square metres. [1]

Variants

Chinook
Original version
Chinook 2 26
Improved small-sized model for lighter pilots, with a wing area of 26 m2 (280 sq ft). [1]
Chinook 2 28
Improved mid-sized model for medium-weight pilots, with a wing area of 28 m2 (300 sq ft). [1]

Specifications (Chinook 28)

Data from Bertrand [1]

General characteristics

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, page 11. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. Air-Sport. "Pasat 4 - paralotnia rekreacyjna do lotów swobodnych". air-sport.pl. Retrieved 16 March 2016.