Walkerjet is a Czech

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. ...

based in

Tatiná Tatiná is a municipality and village in Plzeň-North District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants. Tatiná lies approximately north-west of Plzeň and west of Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Pr ...

and founded by Victor Procházka. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of

paramotors Powered paragliding, also known as paramotoring or PPG, is a form of ultralight aviation where the pilot wears a back-pack motor (a paramotor) which provides enough thrust to take off using a paraglider. It can be launched in still air, and on ...

in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft for the US

FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles Ultralight aircraft in the United States are much smaller and lighter than ultralight aircraft as defined by all other countries. In the United States, ultralights are described as "ultralight vehicles" and not as aircraft. They are not requ ...

rules and the European microlight category.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 76. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X The company was founded in 1998 by Procházka after he had been involved in

ultralight aviation Ultralight aviation (called microlight aviation in some countries) is the flying of lightweight, 1- or 2-seat fixed-wing aircraft. Some countries differentiate between weight-shift control and conventional three-axis control aircraft with ailer ...

since the late 1980s. The company was initially located in

Třemošná Třemošná (; german: Tschemoschna) is a town in Plzeň-North District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,100 inhabitants. Administrative parts Village of Záluží is an administrative part of Třemošná. Geography Tře ...

, but in 2005 the company moved into a new building in Tatiná, a small village located close to

Plzeň Plzeň (; German and English: Pilsen, in German ) is a city in the Czech Republic. About west of Prague in western Bohemia, it is the Statutory city (Czech Republic), fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic with about 169,000 inhabita ...

. By the mid-2000s the company offered a wide range of paramotors, including the Swedish

Radne Raket 120 The Radne Raket 120 ( en, Rocket) is a lightweight single cylinder, two-stroke aircraft engine used for powered hang gliders, paramotors and ultralight aircraft that is built by Radne Motor AB of Haninge, Sweden.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeie ...

-powered

Walkerjet Spider The Walkerjet Spider is a Czech paramotor that was designed by Victor Procházka and produced by Walkerjet of Třemošná for powered paragliding. Now out of production, when it was available the aircraft was supplied complete and ready-to-fl ...

, the German Solo 210-powered Super Hawk and the Simon series all powered by the Italian

Simonini Mini 2 Plus The Simonini Mini 2 Plus is an Italian aircraft engine, designed and produced by Simonini Racing of San Dalmazio di Serramazzoni for use in ultralight aircraft.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011 ...

engine. The company also once built a dedicated

flight training Flight training is a course of study used when learning to pilot an aircraft. The overall purpose of primary and intermediate flight training is the acquisition and honing of basic airmanship skills. Flight training can be conducted under a str ...

paramotor, the

Walkerjet Schoolboy The Walkerjet Schoolboy is a Czech paramotor that was designed by Victor Procházka and produced by Walkerjet of Třemošná for powered paragliding. Now out of production, when it was available the aircraft was supplied complete and ready-t ...

with a reinforced chassis. The company later designed its own ''Fly'' engine series and its more recent paramotor designs, the

Walkerjet XC 100 evo Walkerjet is a Czech aircraft manufacturer based in Tatiná and founded by Victor Procházka. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of paramotors in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft for the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules a ...

and the XC 200 evo, use these in place of the earlier powerplants from other manufacturers.

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* {{Walkerjet aircraft Aircraft manufacturers of the Czech Republic and Czechoslovakia Ultralight aircraft Paramotors Czech companies established in 1998 Manufacturing companies established in 1998