Gradient sro is a

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based in

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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 with no rigid primary structure. The pilot sits in a harness or lies supine in a cocoon-like ' ...

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

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(sro), a Czech private

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. The company has produced a wide range of paragliders, including the intermediate sport

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, 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

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, the beginner and flight training

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 na ...

and the intermediate

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The company has ceased publishing performance specifications for its gliders, stating:

Aircraft

Summary of aircraft built by Gradient: * Gradient Agility * Gradient Aspen * Gradient Avax * Gradient BiGolden * Gradient BiOnyx * Gradient Bliss *

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 List of cities in the Czech Republic, largest city in the Czech R ...

* Gradient Delite * Gradient Denali * Gradient Eiger * Gradient Freestyle * Gradient Golden * Gradient Montana * Gradient Nevada

References

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* {{Gradient aircraft Aircraft manufacturers of the Czech Republic and Czechoslovakia Paragliders Manufacturing companies established in 1997 Czech companies established in 1997