The Nervures Alpamayo is a French two-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 ' ...
that was designed by Xavier Demoury and produced by
Nervures of
Soulom
Soulom is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France.
See also
*Communes of the Hautes-Pyrénées department
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. It is now out of production.
[Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 23. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003. ]
Design and development
The Alpamayo was designed as a
tandem
Tandem, or in tandem, is an arrangement in which a team of machines, animals or people are lined up one behind another, all facing in the same direction.
The original use of the term in English was in ''tandem harness'', which is used for two ...
glider for
flight training and as such was referred to as the Biplace Alpamayo, indicating that it is a two seater.
It was replaced in production by the
Nervures Arteson.
Variants
;Alpamayo 38
:Small-sized model for lighter pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of and the
aspect ratio is 4.6:1. The take-off weight range is . The glider model is CEN-1999 Biplace certified.
;Alpamayo 43
:Large-sized model for heavier pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 46 cells and the aspect ratio is 4.6:1. The crew weight range is . The glider model is AFNOR Biplace and CEN-1999 Biplace certified.
Specifications (Alpamayo 43)
References
External links
Official website{{Nervures aircraft
Alpamayo
Alpamayo (possibly from Quechua ''allpa'' earth, ''mayu'' river, "earth river") or Shuyturaju (possibly from Ancash Quechua ''huytu, shuytu'' oblong, slim and long, Quechua ''rahu'' snow, ice, mountain covered in snow) is one of the most conspicuo ...
Paragliders