Calipt'Air AG was a

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based in Spiez. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of

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s and also produced a line of emergency parachutes.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 14. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. The company name comes from

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. ''Kalos'' means beautiful and ''pteryx'' means wing. The company was founded in December 1997 and went out of business in 2005. A memorial website for the company was created in 2009, but was later taken down from the internet. Calipt'Air was an

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, a corporation limited by share ownership. The company produced a range of paragliders, including the Calipt'Air Serenis intermediate glider, the

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performance intermediate and competition wing and the Calipt'Air Walabis Bi for the tandem

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role. It also made the SOS line of emergencies parachutes.

Aircraft

Summary of aircraft built by Calipt'Air: * Calipt'Air Serenis * Calipt'Air V-56 *

* Calipt'Air Walabis Bi

References

External links

Company website archives
on

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