Contacts!
Here’s a directory of contact information for
the various companies mentioned in this
article.
• Airsports USA (New York):
phone 718/777-7000
e-mail fly4fun@flyforfun.net
• Antares Ltd. (Alaska):
phone 907/688-7001
e-mail asainc@customcpu.com
• Butterfly Wings by GibboGear (Florida):
phone 863/679-6383
e-mail gibbogear1@aol.com
• Concept Aviation (Tennessee):
phone 865/693-1284.
e-mail aaldon@aol.com
• J&J Ultralights (Florida):
phone 386/330-2007
e-mail jjultralight@aol.com
• Kemmeries Aviation (Arizona):
phone 623/566-8026
e-mail fly@kemmeriesaviation.com
• Lookout Mountain Flight Park (Georgia):
phone 706/398-3541
e-mail fly@hanglide.com
• North Wing Design (Washington):
phone 509/886-4605
e-mail trikes@northwing.com
• Personal Flight (Washington):
phone 509/682-6262
e-mail fly@personalflight.com
• Sabre Aircraft (Arizona):
phone 623/393-0234
e-mail sales@sabretrikes.com
• Skyboat/Paratrike (Texas):
phone 281/852-2228
e-mail ultmark2@phoenix.net
• Soaring Eagle (Texas):
contact was unsuccessful at press time
• TC’s Trikes (Tennessee):
phone 423/802-1193
e-mail tctrikes@mindspring.com
• Top Dog Ultralights (Colorado):
phone 970/749-4838
e-mail topdog@fone.net
• WeTTrike Inc. (Mississippi):
phone 601/947-9281
e-mail sales@wettrikeinc.com
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Powrachute
Like a poised cat, restrained energy waiting for its opportunity, Powrachute sprang into the powered parachute industry and snapped up a share of this fast-growing aviation segment. In just a couple of years, the Kansas company has found some 300 buyers of their distinct ultralight.
Given their approach to the industry, perhaps using a “spokes tiger” is highly appropriate. A feline named Noah is featured in the company’s ads and on its brochure. As with the unusual spelling of the corporate name, Noah helps Powrachute stand out in a crowd. (Personally, I thought the letters meant Pow’r-a-‘chute, spelled in the shorthand way of vanity license plates.)
Until recently, the Kansas company offered a single 2-seat model – the PC2000 – which could be configured with various options. The PC2000 is a new design “for the 21st century.” However, despite its newness, even the PC2000 changed rather dramatically to add rollover protection which the company calls Frontal Fuselage Bars.
Hang Gliding Records
What’s in a name? A Texas-based event, last summer’s World Record Encampment, predicted accurately its own success; two top hang glider pilots set world records for distance flying and broke another record that stood for nearly a decade.
On July 19, Dave Sharp flew his A.I.R. ATOS rigid wing hang glider for an astounding 311 miles (501 kilometers), narrowly beating the long-held record of 308 miles set by another leading competitor, Larry Tudor.
Tudor first broke the magical 300-mile barrier by flying 303 miles in July, 1990. He repeated this achievement, flying 308 miles several years later, but nearly a decade passed with no other pilots exceeding 300 miles. That unique status was shattered thanks to participants at the World Record Encampment 2000.
Sharp flew more than 9 hours to earn his world record. The one that people will remember is the 311-mile flight of straight distance, but along the way he also set a record for a flight to a declared goal of 203 miles.
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