Paramotor Inc

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Paramotor Inc
Type Private company
Industry Aerospace
Headquarters,
Products paramotors
Website www.paramotors-usa.com

Paramotor Inc is an American aircraft manufacturer formerly based in Oyster Bay, New York and presently in Weldon Spring, Missouri. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of paramotors. [1] [2] [3]

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The company started as an importer of the French Adventure F series of paramotors and also sold the Japanese Daiichi Kosho Beat. It then introduced its own designs, the FX series in the late 1990s. [1]

Today the company produces "ruggedized" paramotors for military and law enforcement customers. [4]

Aircraft

Summary of aircraft built by
Model nameFirst flightNumber builtType
Paramotor Inc FX1 paramotor
Paramotor Inc FX2 paramotor
Paramotor Inc FX3 paramotor
Paramotor Inc FX4 paramotor
Paramotor Inc FX5 paramotor

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References

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  2. Downey, Julia: 2000 Trike and 'Chute Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 17, Number 2, February 2000, page 51. Kitplanes Acquisition Company. ISSN 0891-1851
  3. Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, page 71. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X
  4. Paramotor Inc (2012). "Specifications" . Retrieved November 14, 2012.