Harmening's High Flyers

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Harmening's High Flyers
Type Privately held company
Industry Aerospace
Founded1988
FounderMike Harmening
Defunctcirca 2008
FateOut of business
Headquarters,
Products Kit aircraft

Harmening's High Flyers was an American aircraft manufacturer founded by Mike Harmening. It was originally based in Genoa, Illinois and later in Big Stone City, South Dakota. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of powered parachutes in the form of kits for amateur construction and ready-to-fly aircraft in the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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The company was founded in 1988 and seems to have gone out of business in 2008. [8]

Harmening's produced a whole range of powered parachutes including the base model High Flyer, Standard, Deluxe, Premiere, Executive and the High Five, all variants of the same basic design. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Aircraft

Summary of aircraft built by Harmening's High Flyers
Model nameFirst flightNumber builtType
Harmening High Flyer Powered parachute
High Flyer Standard 25 (2000)Powered parachute
High Flyer Deluxe 25 (2000)Powered parachute
High Flyer Premiere 30 (2000)Powered parachute
High Flyer Executive 30 (2000)Powered parachute
High Five 10 (2000)Powered parachute

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