Harmening's High Flyers was an American
aircraft manufacturer
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founded by Mike Harmening. It was originally based in
Genoa, Illinois and later in
Big Stone City, South Dakota. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of
powered parachutes
A powered parachute, often abbreviated PPC, and also called a motorized parachute or paraplane, is a type of aircraft that consists of a parafoil with a motor and wheels.
The FAA defines a powered parachute as ''a powered aircraft a flexible o ...
in the form of kits for
amateur construction and ready-to-fly aircraft in the US
FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles
Ultralight aircraft in the United States are much smaller and lighter than ultralight aircraft as defined by all other countries.
In the United States, ultralights are described as "ultralight vehicles" and not as aircraft. They are not requ ...
rules.
[Cliche, Andre: ''Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide'' 8th Edition, page D-7. Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001. ][Downey, Julia: ''2000 Trike and 'Chute Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 17, Number 2, February 2000, page 50. Kitplanes Acquisition Company. ISSN 0891-1851][Downey, Julia: ''2005 Trikes 'Chutes and Rotorcraft Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 22, Number 2, February 2005, page 50. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851][Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition'', page 337. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. ][Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 82. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X]
The company was founded in 1988 and seems to have gone out of business in 2008.
Harmening's produced a whole range of powered parachutes including the base model
High Flyer, Standard, Deluxe, Premiere, Executive and the High Five, all variants of the same basic design.
Aircraft
References
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External links
Company website archiveson
Archive.org
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Defunct aircraft manufacturers of the United States
Ultralight aircraft
Homebuilt aircraft
Powered parachutes