Bruce Goldsmith is a British
paraglider
Paragliding is the recreational and competitive adventure sport of flying paragliders: lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure. The pilot sits in a harness or lies supine in a cocoon-like ' ...
pilot, paraglider designer, and the 2007 Paragliding World Champion. He won the title at
Manilla in Australia, flying an
Airwave Magic
The Airwave Magic is an Austrian single-place, paraglider that was designed by Bruce Goldsmith and produced by Airwave Gliders of Fulpmes. It is now out of production.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003 ...
FR3.
He has been British champion three times, most recently in 2004. He has also been British hang gliding champion twice.
Goldsmith is by profession a civil engineer, who started designing
hang gliders
Hang gliding is an air sport or recreational activity in which a pilot flies a light, non-motorised foot-launched heavier-than-air aircraft called a hang glider. Most modern hang gliders are made of an aluminium alloy or composite frame covered ...
in 1979 and paragliders in 1989 and was the designer of paragliders for
Airwave Gliders
Airwave Gliders was an Austrian aircraft manufacturer based in Fulpmes. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of hang gliders and paragliders.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', ...
for 20 years and designed the
Magic
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Scenic,
Sport
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Ten and the
Wave
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[Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 12. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X] He set up the paragliding division of Airwave - which was already a manufacturer of hang gliders - in 1989. He left to found
Ozone Paragliders in 1999, but returned to Airwave in 2000. He moved to the Swiss paraglider manufacturer
Advance Thun
Advance Thun SA is a Swiss aircraft manufacturer based in Thun. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of paragliders, harnesses, paragliding carrying bags and paragliding clothing.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Dire ...
in 2010 and has now set up a brand under his own name: Bruce Goldsmith Design.
He lives in the south of France with his wife Arna and their three children.
Bruce Goldsmith Design
In 2013, Bruce Goldsmith released his first EN-C paraglider 'Tala' under his own label ''Bruce Goldsmith Design''.
This has been followed by Wasp (EN-B), Luna (paramotor) and Dual (tandem) paragliders in 2013 and Adam (EN-A) in 2014. In 2015 the Base (EN-B) was launched and the Cure (EN-C) was presented at the Coupe Icare in September.
See also
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Paragliding
Paragliding is the recreational and competitive adventure sport of flying paragliders: lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure. The pilot sits in a harness or lies supine in a cocoon-like 'p ...
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Hang gliding
Paraglider pilots
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people