Type | Privately held company |
---|---|
Industry | Aerospace |
Founder | Thierry Simonet |
Defunct | before 2015 |
Headquarters | , |
Products | Paramotors |
Back Bone was a French aircraft manufacturer based in Tallard and founded by Thierry Simonet. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of paramotors in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft for the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules and the European microlight regulations. [1]
The company was active in the mid-2000s, but seems to have gone out of business by 2015. [1] [2]
The company produced a line of paramotors that included the Seraph, Shadow and Silver models. [1]
Model name | First flight | Number built | Type |
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Back Bone Seraph | 2000s | Paramotor | |
Back Bone Shadow | 2000s | Paramotor | |
Back Bone Silver | 2000s | Paramotor | |
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