Tecma Sport is a French
aircraft manufacturer
An aerospace manufacturer is a company or individual involved in the various aspects of designing, building, testing, selling, and maintaining aircraft, aircraft parts, missiles, rockets, or spacecraft. Aerospace is a high technology industry.
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based in
Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny
Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny () is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France.
The urban center is located in the province of Faucigny. The town had 6,389 inhabitants in 2016. It was born from the fu ...
and formerly in
La Roche-sur-Foron
La Roche-sur-Foron (; Arpitan: ''La Roche'') is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France.
It is located about 23 km (14.2 mi) southeast of Geneva, Switzerland. In 2018, it had a popula ...
. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of
hang glider
Hang gliding is an air sport or recreational activity in which a pilot flies a light, non-motorised foot-launched heavier-than-air aircraft called a hang glider. Most modern hang gliders are made of an aluminium alloy or composite frame covered ...
s and
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. The company also makes
ultralight trike
An ultralight trike is a type of powered hang glider where flight control is by weight-shift. These aircraft have a fabric flex-wing from which is suspended a tricycle fuselage pod driven by a pusher propeller. The pod accommodates either a so ...
s and hang glider harnesses.
[Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 47. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ]
The company seems to have been founded about 1982, when it produced the
Tecma Mirage and
Tecma Spirale hang glider models.
The company produces a wide range of hang gliders, including the
Tecma F1 Tempo series and
Tecma FX in the mid-2000s. The two-place
Tecma Medium
The Tecma Medium is a French high-wing, two-place, hang glider, designed and produced by Tecma Sports of Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny, introduced in 1985. The aircraft is supplied complete and ready-to-fly.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''Wo ...
has been in production since 1985.
Aircraft
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Aircraft manufacturers of France
Ultralight aircraft
Hang gliders
Ultralight trikes
Paragliders
Manufacturing companies established in 1982
French companies established in 1982
Companies based in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes