Phoenix Industries

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Phoenix Industries, Inc.
Type Privately held company
Industry Aerospace
FoundedCirca 1997
FateOut of business circa 2005
Headquarters,
Products Kit aircraft

Phoenix Industries, Inc. was an American aircraft manufacturer based in Southampton, New Jersey. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of powered parachutes and paramotors in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft in the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles category. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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The company produced a powered paraglider, the Phoenix Industries B1Z ParaFlyer of which ten had been sold by 2000, and three powered parachute designs, the Phoenix Industries CV1 ParaFlyer, Phoenix Industries TZ-1 ParaFlyer and the Phoenix Industries Sport. A total of 15 CV1 ParaFlyers and 16 Sports had been sold by 2005. All designs were single-seaters. [1] [2] [3] [4]

The company seems to have been established c. 1997 and gone out of business about 2005. [1] [2] [3] [5]

Aircraft

Summary of aircraft built by Phoenix Industries
Model nameFirst flightNumber builtType
Phoenix Industries B1Z ParaFlyer 10 (2000) Paramotor
Phoenix Industries CV1 ParaFlyer 15 (2000) Powered parachute
Phoenix Industries Sport 16 (2005)Powered parachute
Phoenix Industries TZ-1 ParaFlyer Powered parachute

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  5. Phoenix Industries (February 8, 2015). "Paraflyer". paraflyer.com. Archived from the original on May 13, 2007. Retrieved February 8, 2015.