The Nervures Altea (sometimes Altéa) is a French single-place

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that was designed by Xavier Demoury and produced by Nervures of

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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 Altea was designed as an intermediate glider. The models are each named for their relative size. A total of 390 were built during its production run of 2001–2005.

Variants

;Altea S :Small-sized model for lighter pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 42 cells and the aspect ratio is 4.3:1. The pilot weight range is . The glider model is AFNOR Standard certified. ;Altea M :Mid-sized model for medium-weight pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 46 cells and the aspect ratio is 4.6:1. The pilot weight range is . The glider model is AFNOR Standard certified. ;Altea L :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 pilot weight range is . The glider model is AFNOR Standard certified.

Specifications (Altea M)

References

External links

Official website
{{Nervures aircraft Altea Paragliders