Paraborne Aviation was an American aircraft manufacturer based in
Kissimmee, Florida
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. Founded by Scott Alan, the company specialized in the design and manufacture of
paramotor
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s.
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Paraborne started off as the US distributor for the
Goodwin Buckshot wheeled
powered parachute
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design and the
Daiichi Kosho Company
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's foot-launched
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and
Whisper
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paramotors. When Daiichi Kosho ceased production Alan designed his own derivative aircraft, the
Paraborne Backplane, but it was not a commercial success and Paraborne ceased produced and went out of business in about 2004.
Aircraft
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Defunct aircraft manufacturers of the United States