Technic'air was a French
aircraft manufacturer based in
Belvès
Belvès (; Languedocien dialect, Languedocien: ''Belvés'') is a former Communes of France, commune in the Dordogne Departments of France, department in southwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Pays-de-Belvès. . The company was founded by Pierre Allet, a
paraglider pilot who had been on the 1991 French national team. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of
powered parachutes
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 ...
in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft for the US
FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles
Ultralight aircraft in the United States are much smaller and lighter than ultralight aircraft as defined by all other countries.
In the United States, ultralights are described as "ultralight vehicles" and not as aircraft. They are not requ ...
rules and the European
Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
The (; FAI; en, World Air Sports Federation) is the world governing body for air sports, and also stewards definitions regarding human spaceflight. It was founded on 14 October 1905, and is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland. It maintai ...
microlight categories.
[Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 87. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ]
The company seems to have been founded about 1998 and gone out of business in 2003.
During its time in business the company designed and produced a range of very simple and inexpensive powered parachute designs. These included the
Technic'air Fly Roller
The Technic'air Fly Roller is a French powered parachute that was designed by Pierre Allet and produced by Technic'air of Belvès. Now out of production, when it was available the aircraft was supplied complete and ready-to-fly.Bertrand, Noel; ...
which Allet flew across the
Mediterranean Sea on one demonstration flight. Other designs were the
Strato Light,
Strato Micro, the
Fly Roller Light and the two-place
Flyroller Magnum Biplace.
Company designs were used to set three world records and were the aircraft of choice of Jacky Moussy, when he became French Microlight Champion in 1998.
The business included a
paraglider dealership and CFR Périgord, an ultralight
flight training
Flight training is a course of study used when learning to pilot an aircraft. The overall purpose of primary and intermediate flight training is the acquisition and honing of basic airmanship skills.
Flight training can be conducted under a str ...
school.
Aircraft
References
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External links
Company website archiveson
Archive.org
Defunct aircraft manufacturers of France
Ultralight aircraft
Powered parachutes