Paraavis

Paraavis Company (sometimes styled as "ParAAvis") is a Russian aircraft manufacturer based in Moscow and founded in 1992. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of paramotors, paragliders, parachutes, powered parachutes and parafoil kites for kitesurfing, 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]

Paraavis Company
Privately held company
IndustryAerospace
Founded1992
Headquarters
Moscow
,
Russia
ProductsParamotors, paragliders, parachutes, powered parachutes, kites
Websitewww.paraavis.com

The company draws its workforce from graduates of the Russian aviation technical institutes.[2]

Products

Paraavis paragliders have been the choice of several champions, including, Valeriy Rozov, the coach of the Russian parachute sport team; Igor Potapkin, the winner of the bronze medal in paragliding at the 2001 World Air Games, 2003 World Champion and winner of the Open Cup of Germany in 2003; Mihail Koz’min, 2003 World Champion in the PL2 class; Mariya Ryabikova and Vasiliy Rodin, who were Sky-surfing World Champions in 2003; Mariya Ryabikova and Viktoriya Demidova, 2004 World Championship silver medal winners; Dmitriy Ovodenko and Igor Kalinin, the Sky-surfing World Champions 2004. Additionally the company's paragliders have been used by the Russian, Latvian and Kazakhstan paraglider teams and the Russian Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.[2]

The company builds a line of paramotors, including the now out-of-production Paraavis Mirage and Paraavis Sova, plus the current production Paraavis Pegasus and Paraavis Vityaz.[1]

The company manufacturers main parachutes as well as reserves, harnesses and parachute cargo systems.[3] It has a range of powered parachutes, including wheel sets to convert paramotors into powered parachutes.[4]

The kitesurfing line includes kites that are designed for both snow and water use.[5]

Aircraft
Summary of aircraft built by Paraavis
Model name First flight Number built Type
Paraavis Mirage mid-2000s paramotor
Paraavis Pegasus mid-2000s paramotor
Paraavis Sova mid-2000s paramotor
Paraavis Vityaz mid-2000s paramotor
Paraavis Zummer powered parachute
Paraavis Skat powered parachute
Paraavis Tortilla powered parachute
Paraavis Acrobat mid-2000s paraglider
Paraavis Dart mid-2000s paraglider
Paraavis Dream paraglider
Paraavis Ivengo mid-2000s paraglider
Paraavis Jazz paraglider
Paraavis Joy paraglider
Paraavis Rio paraglider
Paraavis Tango paraglider
Paraavis Tango Duett paraglider
Paraavis Vario paraglider
Paraavis Zorro powered paraglider
Paraavis Jingo powered paraglider
Paraavis Accurate parachute
Paraavis Dolphin parachute
Paraavis Joker parachute
Paraavis Ultimate parachute
Paraavis Flash parachute
Paraavis Segment parachute
Paraavis Hacker parachute
Paraavis Stealth Tandem parachute
Paraavis Lesnik-3M parachute
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References
  1. Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, pages 26 and 71. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. Paraavis Company. "About Us". paraavis.com. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  3. Paraavis Company. "Parachutes". paraavis.com. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  4. Paraavis Company. "Powered parachutes". paraavis.com. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  5. Paraavis Company. "Kites". paraavis.com. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
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