Tecma Sport

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Tecma Sport
Privately held company
Industry Aerospace
Foundedcirca 1982
Headquarters,
Products Hang gliders, paragliders, ultralight trikes
Website www.tecma-sport.com

Tecma Sport is a French aircraft manufacturer based in Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny and formerly in La Roche-sur-Foron. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of hang gliders and paragliders in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft. The company also makes ultralight trikes and hang glider harnesses. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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The company seems to have been founded about 1982, when it produced the Tecma Mirage and Tecma Spirale hang glider models. [2]

The company produces a wide range of hang gliders, including the Tecma F1 Tempo series and Tecma FX in the mid-2000s. The two-place Tecma Medium has been in production since 1985. [1] [2]

Aircraft

Summary of aircraft built by Tecma Sport
Model nameFirst flightNumber builtType
Tecma Boomerang 1988 Hang glider
Tecma Colt 1986Hang glider
Tecma F1 1992Hang glider
Tecma F1 Evolution 1994Hang glider
Tecma F1 Tempo Hang glider
Tecma FX Hang glider
Tecma Ixbo 1998Hang glider
Tecma Mambo 1994Hang glider
Tecma Medil 1992Two place hang glider
Tecma Medium 1985Two place hang glider
Tecma Mirage 1982Hang glider
Tecma Nimbus 2005Hang glider
Tecma Nuage 1987Hang glider
Tecma Spirale 1982Hang glider
Tecma Sport 2 Hang glider
Tecma T2 Hang glider supplied by Wills Wing
Tecma U2 Hang glider supplied by Wills Wing
Tecma Aloha paraglider
Tecma Dolpo paraglider
Tecma Klipo Ultralight trike

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References

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