Fly Air Limited is a
Bulgaria
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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
Trudovec, headed by Simeon Simeonov. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of
ultralight aircraft
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 ...
, including
ultralight trikes,
powered parachute
A powered parachute, often abbreviated PPC, and also called a motorized parachute or paraplane, is a type of aircraft that consists of a parafoil with a motor and wheels.
The FAA defines a powered parachute as ''a powered aircraft a flexible o ...
s and
powered paragliders. The company was originally located in
Pravets.
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The company's aircraft emphasize simplicity and portability, including ground transport by
automobile
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. Ultralight trikes, such as the
Fly Air Trike Moster and the now out-of-production
Fly Air Swallow, use simple square steel tube construction. Most designs use the Italian
Vittorazi Moster 185 two-stroke
A two-stroke (or two-stroke cycle) engine is a type of internal combustion engine that completes a Thermodynamic power cycle, power cycle with two strokes (up and down movements) of the piston during one power cycle, this power cycle being comple ...
powerplant.
The company supplies
AirDesign paramotor wings with its paramotors. In April 2017 the company became a dealer for
La Mouette
La Mouette ( en, Seagull) is a French aircraft manufacturer headquartered in Fontaine-lès-Dijon. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of hang gliders, paragliders and ultralight trikes. At one time they also produced paramotor ...
hang glider
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wings.
By 2021 the company website had been taken down and it is likely the company is out of business.
Aircraft
Summary of aircraft built by Fly Air Limited:
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Fly Air Double Seat Trike
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Fly Air Paramotor
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Fly Air Paratrike
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Fly Air Swallow
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Fly Air Trike Moster
References
External links
*{{Official website, http://www.paramotor-bg.com
Aircraft manufacturers of Bulgaria
Ultralight aircraft
Ultralight trikes
Powered parachutes
Paragliders