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| Privately held company | |
| Industry | Aerospace |
| Products | Ultralight trikes |
| Services | Distributor for Pipistrel aircraft and Galaxy Holdings sro ballistic parachutes |
| Website | www |
Flight Team UG & Company KG (usually just Flight Team) is a German aircraft distributor based in Ippesheim, in the district of Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim in Bavaria. [1]
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central and Western Europe, lying between the Baltic and North Seas to the north, and the Alps to the south. It borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, France to the southwest, and Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands to the west.
Ippesheim is a municipality in the district of Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim in Bavaria in Germany.
Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim is a Landkreis (district) in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Würzburg, Kitzingen, Bamberg, Erlangen-Höchstadt, Fürth and Ansbach, and by the state of Baden-Württemberg.
The company was the sole distributor for two trike carriages, the Spider and its competition development version, the Twister, which were designed and built by Pipistrel in Slovenia, although they were sometimes called the Flight Team Spider and Flight Team Twister. These were equipped with a range of wings, mostly provided by Air Creation of France, for which Flight Team was once the German distributor. The Spider was introduced in 1992, but both the Spider and Twister were out of production by 2013 and no longer listed on the company website. [1] [2]
The Pipistrel Spider is a Slovenian ultralight trike, designed and produced by Pipistrel of Ajdovščina. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction or as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.
The Pipistrel Twister is a Slovenian ultralight trike, designed and produced by Pipistrel of Ajdovščina. It was distributed in Europe by Flight Team UG & Company AG of Ippesheim and sometimes called the Flight Team Twister. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.
Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a sovereign state located in southern Central Europe at a crossroads of important European cultural and trade routes. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, and the Adriatic Sea to the southwest. It covers 20,273 square kilometers (7,827 sq mi) and has a population of 2.07 million. One of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, Slovenia is a parliamentary republic and a member of the United Nations, of the European Union, and of NATO. The capital and largest city is Ljubljana.
The Spider and Twister carriages were noted for their TIG-welded steel construction with fibreglass mainwheel suspension. [1]
The company is a distributor for Pipistrel aircraft and Galaxy Holdings sro ballistic parachutes. [1] [2]
A ballistic parachute, ballistic reserve parachute, or emergency ballistic reserve parachute, is a parachute ejected from its casing by a small explosion, much like that used in an ejection seat. The advantage of the ballistic parachute over a conventional parachute is that it ejects the parachute canopy, causing it to open rapidly, this makes it ideal for attaching to light aircraft, hang gliders and microlights, where an emergency situation may occur in close proximity to the ground. In such a situation, a conventional parachute would not open quickly enough.
