Trio-Twister was a German
aircraft manufacturer
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based in
Eichwalde
Eichwalde is a municipality of the Dahme-Spreewald district in Brandenburg, Germany, situated at the southeastern Berlin city limits. With 2.8 km² (1.1 sq mi) it is the smallest Brandenburg municipality by area, while its population density i ...
and founded by Siegfried Stolle. 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 req ...
and the European
Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight
Ultralight aviation (called microlight aviation in some countries) is the flying of lightweight, 1- or 2-seat fixed-wing aircraft. Some countries differentiate between weight-shift control and conventional three-axis control aircraft with aile ...
categories.
[Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', pages 87-88. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ]
The company seems to have been founded about 2003 and gone out of business in 2005.
Trio-Twister produced two powered parachute designs, the single-seat
Trio-Twister 103 and two-seat
Trio-Twister 203. Both incorporated a central canopy attachment and tilting seats to allow the pilot to see up and backwards to ensure that canopy inflates correctly.
Aircraft
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External links
Company website archiveson
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Defunct aircraft manufacturers of Germany
Ultralight aircraft
Powered parachutes