Reflex Paramoteur

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Reflex Paramoteur
Type Privately held company
Industry Aerospace
Foundedbefore 2001
FounderDominique Cholou & Ronan Cholou
Defunctcirca 2010
Headquarters,
Products Paramotors

Reflex Paramoteur (English: Paramotor ) was a French aircraft manufacturer founded by Dominique Cholou and his son Ronan Cholou and based in Chatou. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of paramotors in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft for the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules and the European Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category. [1]

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The company seems to have been founded before 2001 and gone out of business in about 2010. [2]

The company produced a range of paramotors, including the mid-2000s Reflex Bi Trike, J 160, J 320, Model S, Solo Elec and the later Classic, Dynamic and Reflex Top Box. [1]

Aircraft

Summary of aircraft built by Reflex Paramoteur
Model nameFirst flightNumber builtType
Reflex Bi Trike mid-2000s paramotor
Reflex J 160 mid-2000sparamotor
Reflex J 320 mid-2000sparamotor
Reflex S mid-2000sparamotor
Reflex Solo Elec mid-2000sparamotor
Reflex Classic 2010sparamotor
Reflex Dynamic 2010sparamotor
Reflex Top Box 2010sparamotor

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References

  1. 1 2 Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, page 74. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. "Paramoteur". Internet Archive Wayback Machine. Retrieved 5 December 2015.