Gradient sro is a
Czech aircraft manufacturer based in
Prague
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...
and founded in 1997. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of
paraglider
Paragliding is the recreational and competitive adventure sport of flying paragliders: lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched Glider (aircraft), glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure. The pilot sits in a :wikt:harness, harness o ...
s in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft.
[Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 19. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ]
The company is organized as a
společnost s ručením omezeným (sro), a Czech private
limited company
In a limited company, the liability of members or subscribers of the company is limited to what they have invested or guaranteed to the company. Limited companies may be limited by Share (finance), shares or by guarantee. In a company limited by ...
.
The company has produced a wide range of paragliders, including the intermediate sport
Aspen
Aspen is a common name for certain tree species; some, but not all, are classified by botanists in the section ''Populus'', of the ''Populus'' genus.
Species
These species are called aspens:
*'' Populus adenopoda'' – Chinese aspen (Chin ...
, the
Avax competition wing, the two-place
tandem
Tandem, or in tandem, is an arrangement in which a team of machines, animals or people are lined up one behind another, all facing in the same direction.
The original use of the term in English was in ''tandem harness'', which is used for two ...
BiOnyx, the intermediate performance
Bliss, the beginner and
flight training
Flight training is a course of study used when learning to pilot an aircraft. The overall purpose of primary and intermediate flight training is the acquisition and honing of basic airmanship skills.
Flight training can be conducted under a st ...
Bright
Bright may refer to:
Common meanings
*Bright, an adjective meaning giving off or reflecting illumination; see Brightness
*Bright, an adjective meaning someone with intelligence
People
*Bright (surname)
*Bright (given name)
*Bright, the stage name ...
and the intermediate
Golden
The company has ceased publishing performance specifications for its gliders, stating:
Aircraft

Summary of aircraft built by Gradient:
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Gradient Agility
In vector calculus, the gradient of a scalar-valued differentiable function of several variables is the vector field (or vector-valued function) \nabla f whose value at a point p is the "direction and rate of fastest increase". If the gradi ...
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Gradient Aspen
The Gradient Aspen is a Czech single-place, paraglider designed and produced by Gradient sro of Prague. Introduced in 2003, it remained in production in 2016 as the Aspen 5.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation ...
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Gradient Avax
The Gradient Avax is a Czech single-place, paraglider designed and produced by Gradient sro of Prague. Introduced in the early 2000s, it remained in production in 2016 as the Avax XC5.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Le ...
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Gradient BiGolden
In vector calculus, the gradient of a scalar-valued differentiable function of several variables is the vector field (or vector-valued function) \nabla f whose value at a point p is the "direction and rate of fastest increase". If the gradi ...
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Gradient BiOnyx
The Gradient BiOnyx is a Czech two-place, paraglider designed and produced by Gradient sro of Prague. It is no longer in production.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 19. Pagefast Ltd, La ...
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Gradient Bliss
The Gradient Bliss is a Czech single-place, paraglider designed and produced by Gradient sro of Prague. Originally produced in the mid-2000, it is no longer in production.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2 ...
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Gradient Bright
The Gradient Bright is a Czech single-place, paraglider designed and produced by Gradient sro of Prague
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital ...
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Gradient Delite
In vector calculus, the gradient of a scalar-valued differentiable function of several variables is the vector field (or vector-valued function) \nabla f whose value at a point p is the "direction and rate of fastest increase". If the gradi ...
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Gradient Denali
In vector calculus, the gradient of a scalar-valued differentiable function of several variables is the vector field (or vector-valued function) \nabla f whose value at a point p is the "direction and rate of fastest increase". If the gradi ...
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Gradient Eiger
In vector calculus, the gradient of a scalar-valued differentiable function of several variables is the vector field (or vector-valued function) \nabla f whose value at a point p is the "direction and rate of fastest increase". If the gradi ...
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Gradient Freestyle
In vector calculus, the gradient of a scalar-valued differentiable function of several variables is the vector field (or vector-valued function) \nabla f whose value at a point p is the "direction and rate of fastest increase". If the gradi ...
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Gradient Golden
The Gradient Golden is a Czech single-place, paraglider designed and produced by Gradient sro of Prague. Originally produced in the mid-2000s, it was still in production in 2016 as the Golden 4.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory ...
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Gradient Montana
In vector calculus, the gradient of a scalar-valued differentiable function of several variables is the vector field (or vector-valued function) \nabla f whose value at a point p is the "direction and rate of fastest increase". If the gradi ...
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Gradient Nevada
In vector calculus, the gradient of a scalar-valued differentiable function of several variables is the vector field (or vector-valued function) \nabla f whose value at a point p is the "direction and rate of fastest increase". If the gradi ...
References
External links
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Aircraft manufacturers of the Czech Republic and Czechoslovakia
Paragliders
Manufacturing companies established in 1997
Czech companies established in 1997