Kimfly D.O.O. is a

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

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based in

Vodice, Vodice Vodice (; german: Woditz''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 32–33.) is a settlement in the Municipality of Vodice in the Upper Carniol ...

. 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 'po ...

s in the form ready-to-fly aircraft, as well as rescue

parachute A parachute is a device used to slow the motion of an object through an atmosphere by creating drag or, in a ram-air parachute, aerodynamic lift. A major application is to support people, for recreation or as a safety device for aviators, who ...

s.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 21. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. The company was founded in 1986 and started producing lightweight alpine descent gliders for the Slovenian domestic market. The early designs were all done in conjunction with Michaël Nessler. The company is a ''družba z omejeno odgovornostjo'', a Slovenian

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. Designs produced in the mid-2000s included the alpine descent Alpin and the intermediate

River A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...

. By 2014 the company was producing the intermediate Light Wing M24 and the Mini Wing Q alpine descent wing.

Aircraft

Summary of aircraft built by Kimfly: *

Kimfly Alpin The Kimfly Alpin (Alpine) is a Slovenian single-place paraglider that was designed in collaboration with Michaël Nessler and was produced by Kimfly of Vodice Vodice may refer to: Croatia *Vodice, Croatia, a town and municipality in Šibenik-Kni ...

* Kimfly Light Wing M24 * Kimfly Mini Wing Q *

Kimfly River The Kimfly River is a Slovenian single-place paraglider that was designed in collaboration with Michaël Nessler and was produced by Kimfly of Vodice. It is now out of production.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Avi ...

References

External links

*{{Official website, http://www.kimfly.si/ Aircraft manufacturers of Slovenia Paragliders Companies established in 1986 1986 establishments in Slovenia Slovenian brands