Ozone Gliders Limited is an

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based in

Le Bar-sur-Loup Le Bar-sur-Loup (, literally ''Le Bar on Loup (river), Loup''; oc, So Barn; it, Albarno) is a Communes of France, commune in the Alpes-Maritimes Departments of France, department in southeastern France. Originally known simply as Le Bar, the co ...

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, although it is registered in

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. 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 of ready-to-fly aircraft.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', pages 23 & 28. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. The company CEO is Mike Cavanagh, while gliders are designed by hang gliding and paragliding world champion pilot Robbie Whittall. The company produces a complete line of paragliders. In 2003 their line-up included the training

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, tandem two-place Mac Daddy Bi, mountain descent

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, competition Proton GT, sports Ozone Vibe and the intermediate

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. Whittall and Ozone have collaborated with other companies, such as

Pilots Right Stuff Pilots Right Stuff (often called just PRS) was a German aircraft manufacturer based in Brannenburg and founded by Hans Bausenwein. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of paragliders in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft.Bertran ...

in the design of their

PRS Peak The PRS Peak is a German single-place paraglider that was designed by Pilots Right Stuff (PRS) in conjunction with Robbie Whittall and Ozone Gliders and produced by Pilots Right Stuff of Brannenburg. It is now out of production.Bertrand, Noel; ...

mountain descent glider.

Divisions

The company has four divisions: *Ozone Gliders Limited - manufactures paragliders *Ozone Power Limited - manufactures

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 ...

and

speed flying Speed-flying and speed riding are advanced disciplines of paragliding that use a small, high-performance paraglider wing to quickly descend heights such as mountains. Speed flying and speed riding are very similar sports; speed flying is when the ...

wings *Ozone Kites Limited - manufactures

parafoil kite Foil kites are soft Kite flying, kites based on the design of the parafoil. They consist of a number of cells running fore to aft, some or all of which are open at the front to allow air to inflate the kite so it takes on an airfoil, aerofoil sect ...

s for water, snow and land *Ozone Kitesurf Limited - manufactures inflatable kites for

kitesurfing Kiteboarding or kitesurfing is a sport that involves using wind power with a large power kite to pull a rider across a water, land, or snow surface. It combines aspects of paragliding, surfing, windsurfing, skateboarding, snowboarding, and wak ...

Aircraft

Summary of aircraft built by Ozone Gliders: * Ozone 6907 * Ozone Addict * Ozone Alpina *

Ozone Atom The Ozone Atom is a French single-place paraglider that was designed by hang gliding and paragliding world champion pilot Robbie Whittall and produced by Ozone Gliders of Le Bar-sur-Loup. It remained in production as the Ozone 3 in 2016.Bertran ...

* Ozone Buzz * Ozone Cosmic Rider * Ozone Delta *

Ozone Element Ozone (), or trioxygen, is an inorganic molecule with the chemical formula . It is a pale blue gas with a distinctively pungent smell. It is an allotrope of oxygen that is much less stable than the diatomic allotrope , breaking down in the lo ...

Ozone Enzo The Ozone Enzo is a French single-place two-line competition paraglider that was designed by Luc Armant and produced by Ozone Gliders. Two-line gliders have only A and B lines and lack the C or D lines traditionally used on paragliders, in an att ...

* Ozone FLX *

Ozone Geo Ozone (), or trioxygen, is an inorganic molecule with the chemical formula . It is a pale blue gas with a distinctively pungent smell. It is an allotrope of oxygen that is much less stable than the diatomic allotrope , breaking down in the lo ...

* Ozone Groundhog * Ozone Jomo * Ozone LM4 * Ozone LM5 *

Ozone LM6 Ozone (), or trioxygen, is an inorganic molecule with the chemical formula . It is a pale blue gas with a distinctively pungent smell. It is an allotrope of oxygen that is much less stable than the diatomic allotrope , breaking down in the lo ...

* Ozone Mac Daddy Bi *

Ozone Magnum Ozone (), or trioxygen, is an inorganic molecule with the chemical formula . It is a pale blue gas with a distinctively pungent smell. It is an allotrope of oxygen that is much less stable than the diatomic allotrope , breaking down in the lo ...

* Ozone Mag2lite * Ozone Mantra * Ozone Mojo * Ozone Octane * Ozone Peak * Ozone Proton * Ozone Rush * Ozone Swift *

Ozone Swiftmax Ozone (), or trioxygen, is an inorganic molecule with the chemical formula . It is a pale blue gas with a distinctively pungent smell. It is an allotrope of oxygen that is much less stable than the diatomic allotrope , breaking down in the lo ...

* Ozone Trickster * Ozone Ultralite * Ozone Vibe * Ozone Vulcan *

Ozone XXLite Ozone (), or trioxygen, is an inorganic molecule with the chemical formula . It is a pale blue gas with a distinctively pungent smell. It is an allotrope of oxygen that is much less stable than the diatomic allotrope , breaking down in the lo ...

Ozone Zeno The Ozone Zeno is a French single-place paraglider that was designed by the Ozone R&D Team and has been produced by Ozone Gliders of Le Bar-sur-Loup, France, since 2016. Design and development The aircraft was designed as a competition glider ...

References

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