Paratech

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Paratech AG
Type Aktiengesellschaft
Industry Aerospace
Founded1988
Defunct2015
Headquarters
Wasserauen
,
Switzerland
Key people
Uwe Bernholz
Products Paragliders

Paratech AG was a Swiss aircraft manufacturer based in Wasserauen and previously in Appenzell. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of paragliders in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft, as well as paragliding harnesses, clothing and accessories. [1]

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The company was founded in 1988 and seems to gone out of business in 2015. [2] [3]

The company was an aktiengesellschaft, a stockholder owned company. [4]

Paratech's paragliders, designed by Uwe Bernholz, had a unique model numbering system. In the early 2000s production included the beginner P25 and P26, the intermediate P43 and the performance P70, as well as the two-place P Bi4 for flight training. [1]

Aircraft

Paratech P50 paraglider ParatechP50.jpg
Paratech P50 paraglider

Summary of aircraft built by Paratech:

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References

  1. 1 2 Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, page 26. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN   1368-485X
  2. ↑ Paratech (13 November 1999). "Paratech Gleitschirmsportprodukte, Gleitschirme, Paragliders, Gurtzeuge, Harnesses, Kleidung und Zbehör". Archived from the original on 13 November 1999. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "Paratech". Internet Archive Wayback Machine. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  4. ↑ Paratech (2 October 2015). "Paratech - grüezi mitenand". Archived from the original on 2 October 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
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