Mac Para Technology s.r.o. is a
Czech
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** Czech language
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* One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus'
Places
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aircraft manufacturer
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based in
Rožnov pod Radhoštěm
Rožnov pod Radhoštěm (; german: Rosenau unter dem Radhoscht) is a town in Vsetín District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 16,000 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
Rožnov pod Radhoštěm is made up of one administrativ ...
and founded by Peter Recek. 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 and
paramotor
Paramotor is the generic name for the harness and propulsive portion of a powered paragliding, powered paraglider ("PPG"). There are two basic types of paramotors: foot launch and wheel launch.
Foot launch models consist of a frame with harness ...
wings, in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft, as well as paragliding harnesses, 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 and glider bags.
[Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 22. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ]
The company is a
společnost s ručením omezeným
Společnost s ručením omezeným ( lit. ‘company with limited liability’) is the Czech and Slovak legal structure for a private limited company
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, a Czech
private limited company
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.
By the mid-2000s the company offered a full range of paragliders, including the intermediate
Eden,
Intox and
Muse
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Muses ( grc, Μοῦσαι, Moûsai, el, Μούσες, Múses) are the inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts. They were considered the source of the knowledge embodied in the ...
, the competition
Magus
Magi (; singular magus ; from Latin '' magus'', cf. fa, مغ ) were priests in Zoroastrianism and the earlier religions of the western Iranians. The earliest known use of the word ''magi'' is in the trilingual inscription written by Darius th ...
and the two-pace tandem
Pasha
Pasha, Pacha or Paşa ( ota, پاشا; tr, paşa; sq, Pashë; ar, باشا), in older works sometimes anglicized as bashaw, was a higher rank in the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman political and military system, typically granted to governors, gener ...
paragliders.
Aircraft
Summary of aircraft built by Mac Para Technology:
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Mac Bitch
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Mac Blaze
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Mac Charger
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Mac Eden
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Mac Elan
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Mac Icon
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Mac Intox
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Mac Magus
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Mac Muse
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Mac Paradox
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Mac Pasha
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Mac Progress
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Mac T-Ride
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Mac Whistler
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Mac Yukon
References
External links
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{{Mac Para Technology aircraft
Aircraft manufacturers of the Czech Republic and Czechoslovakia
Ultralight aircraft
Paramotors
Paragliders