Nervures (English: ''Ribs'') is a French

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based in

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. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of

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 ' ...

s and

paramotor Paramotor is the generic name for the harness and propulsive portion of a powered paraglider ("PPG"). There are two basic types of paramotors: foot launch and wheel launch. Foot launch models consist of a frame with harness, fuel tank, engine, ...

wings in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft, plus paragliding accessories.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 23. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. Company paraglider designer Xavier Demoury has also designed gliders for ITV Parapentes and Aerodyne Technologies. The company has been noted for its large range of gliders offered, especially two-place gliders. At several points in its history the company has offered more than one type of two-place glider, such as in 2003-04 when both the Nervures Stromboli and Nervures Alpamayo were in the line. The line of intermediate gliders in the mid-2000s also included the Altea and Estive as well as the Valluna and the mountain descent

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. The Valluna became one of the first gliders by any manufacturer to be certified to the CEN standard.

Aircraft

Summary of aircraft built by Nervures: * Nervures Aloha * Nervures Alpamayo * Nervures Altea * Nervures Arteson * Nervures Diamir * Nervures Estive * Nervures Etna * Nervures Erebus * Nervures Espade * Nervures Everglades * Nervures Faial * Nervures Huapi * Nervures Kailash * Nervures Kenya * Nervures Lhotse * Nervures LOL * Nervures Morea * Nervures Spantik * Nervures Stromboli * Nervures Swoop * Nervures Toubkal * Nervures Valluna * Nervures Whizz

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* {{Nervures aircraft Aircraft manufacturers of France Ultralight aircraft Paramotors Paragliders Companies based in Occitania (administrative region)