Quasar is a
Czech
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* Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe
** Czech language
** Czechs, the people of the area
** Czech culture
** Czech cuisine
* One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus'
Places
* Czech, ...
aircraft manufacturer
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based in
Dolní Bečva and founded by Karel Haman. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of
hang glider
Hang gliding is an air sport or recreational activity in which a pilot flies a light, non-motorised foot-launched heavier-than-air aircraft called a hang glider. Most modern hang gliders are made of an aluminium alloy or composite frame cover ...
s in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft, plus
ultralight trike
An ultralight trike is a type of powered hang glider where flight control is by weight-shift. These aircraft have a fabric flex-wing from which is suspended a tricycle fuselage pod driven by a pusher propeller. The pod accommodates either a ...
wings.
[Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 47. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ]
The company produces a wide range of hang glider wings that has included beginner wings, like the
Quasar Tramp, intermediate wings, such as the
Quasar 2000 and the
Quasar Flavio that was designed by world hang gliding champion
Tomáš Suchánek
Tomáš Suchánek (born 7 April 1984 in Pardubice, Czechoslovakia) is a former motorcycle speedway rider.
Career
He first rode in the United Kingdom for the King's Lynn Stars in the Premier League in 2003.
Suchánek is a Czech international ...
plus the competition topless
Quasar Relief wing design.
Aircraft
References
External links
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Aircraft manufacturers of the Czech Republic and Czechoslovakia
Ultralight aircraft
Ultralight trikes
Hang gliders