The Sky Paragliders Lift is a
Czech
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single-place
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 ...
, designed and produced by
Sky Paragliders of
Frýdlant nad Ostravicí
Frýdlant nad Ostravicí (; german: Friedland (an der Ostrawitza)) is a town in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 9,800 inhabitants.
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Frýdlant nad Ostravicí is made ...
. Available in the mid-2000s, it is now out of production.
[Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 30. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003. ]
Design and development
The Lift was designed as an intermediate glider. The models are each named for their approximate wing area in square metres.
Variants
;Lift 24
:Small-sized model for lighter pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 42 cells and the
aspect ratio is 5:1. The pilot weight range is . The glider model is
AFNOR
Association Française de Normalisation (AFNOR, English: French Standardization Association) is a Paris-based standards organization and a member body for France at the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
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Standard certified.
;Lift 26
:Mid-sized model for medium-weight pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 42 cells and the aspect ratio is 5:1. The pilot weight range is . The glider model is AFNOR Standard certified.
;Lift 28
:Large-sized model for heavier pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 42 cells and the aspect ratio is 5:1. The pilot weight range is . The glider model is AFNOR Standard certified.
;Lift 30
:Extra large-sized model for heavier pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 42 cells and the aspect ratio is 5:1. The pilot weight range is . The glider model is AFNOR Standard certified.
Specifications (Lift 26)
References
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Lift
Lift or LIFT may refer to:
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** Patient lift, or Hoyer lift, mobil ...
Paragliders