Serenis | |
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Role | Paraglider |
National origin | Switzerland |
Manufacturer | Calipt'Air |
Status | Production completed |
Produced | mid-2000s |
Unit cost | €2,990 (Serenis L, 2004) |
The Calipt'Air Serenis (English: Serene) is a Swiss single-place, paraglider that was designed and produced by Calipt'Air of Spiez. It is now out of production. [1]
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a country situated in western, central and southern Europe. It consists of 26 cantons, and the city of Bern is the seat of the federal authorities. The sovereign state is a federal republic bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland is a landlocked country geographically divided between the Alps, the Swiss Plateau and the Jura, spanning a total area of 41,285 km2 (15,940 sq mi). While the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory, the Swiss population of approximately 8.5 million people is concentrated mostly on the plateau, where the largest cities are to be found: among them are the two global cities and economic centres Zürich and Geneva.
Calipt'Air AG was a Swiss aircraft manufacturer based in Spiez. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of paragliders and also produced a line of emergency parachutes.
Spiez is a town and municipality on the shore of Lake Thun in the Bernese Oberland region of the Swiss canton of Bern. It is part of the Frutigen-Niedersimmental administrative district. Besides the town of Spiez, the municipality also includes the settlements of Einigen, Hondrich, Faulensee, and Spiezwiler.
The Serenis was designed as an intermediate glider. The models are each named for their relative size. [1]
Reviewer Noel Bertrand described the Serenis in a 2003 review as "lively and very easy to fly". [1]
Data from Bertrand [1]
General characteristics
Performance
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