The Ozone Atom is a French single-place

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that was designed by hang gliding and paragliding world champion pilot Robbie Whittall and produced by

Ozone Gliders Ozone Gliders Limited is an aircraft manufacturer based in Le Bar-sur-Loup, France, although it is registered in Edinburgh, Scotland. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of paragliders in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft.Bertr ...

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. It remained in production as the Ozone 3 in 2016.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 24. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003.

Design and development

The aircraft was designed as a beginner glider for school use in flight training and replaced the Ozone Element in production in that role. The design has progressed through three generations of models, the Atom, Atom 2 and 3, each improving on the last. The models are each named for their relative size.

Operational history

Reviewer Noel Bertrand described the Ozone series of gliders in a 2003 review as, "wings that are both pleasant to fly and high performance in their respective categories".

Variants

Atom

;Atom S :Small-sized model for lighter pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 33 cells and the aspect ratio is 4.86:1. The pilot weight range is . The glider model is DHV 1 certified. ;Atom M :Mid-sized model for medium-weight pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 33 cells and the aspect ratio is 4.86:1. The pilot weight range is . The glider model is DHV 1 certified. ;Atom L :Large-sized model for heavier pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 33 cells and the aspect ratio is 4.86:1. The pilot weight range is . The glider model is DHV 1 certified.

Atom 3

;Atom 3 XXS :Very small-sized model for very light pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 31 cells and the aspect ratio is 4.26:1. The glider weight is and take-off weight range is . The glider model is EN-A certified. ;Atom 3 XS :Extra small-sized model for very light pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 31 cells and the aspect ratio is 4.26:1. The glider weight is and take-off weight range is . The glider model is EN-A certified. ;Atom 3 S :Small-sized model for light pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 31 cells and the aspect ratio is 4.26:1. The glider weight is and take-off weight range is . The glider model is EN-A certified. ;Atom 3 M :Medium-sized model for mid-weight pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 31 cells and the aspect ratio is 4.26:1. The glider weight is and take-off weight range is . The glider model is EN-A certified. ;Atom 3 L :Large-sized model for heavier pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 31 cells and the aspect ratio is 4.26:1. The glider weight is and take-off weight range is . The glider model is EN-A certified.

Specifications (Atom M)

References

External links

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