Firebird Skydiving
 Company logo from 2012 | |
| Company type | Privately held company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Aerospace |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | Parachutes, paragliders |
| Website | flyfirebird |
Firebird USA LLC (formerly Firebird Skydiving GmbH and Firebird Sky Sports AG) is a German/American parachute and former aircraft manufacturer initially based in Füssen and Bitburg, but now located in Eloy, Arizona.[1] The company specializes in the design and manufacture of parachutes and at one time also constructed paragliders and parafoil kites.[2][3][4]
Once one of the world's leading manufacturers of paragliders,[2] the company stopped producing them in about 2013 to concentrate on parachutes for military and civil applications instead, along with reserve parachutes.[5]
In the mid-2000s, as Firebird Sky Sports AG, the company produced a range of 11 different models of paragliders, including the beginner Firebird Sub-One and Z-One, the intermediate Grid and Hornet, the competition Debute and Tribute as well as the two-place Choice Zip Bi, that incorporated zippers to reduce its wing area.[2][6]
The company achieved world championship status in 1991 when one of its designs was flown by the British paraglider pilot Robbie Whittall to victory in the World Paragliding Championships.[2]
Aircraft
Summary of aircraft built by Firebird:
- Firebird Choice Zip Bi
- Firebird Debute
- Firebird Grid
- Firebird Hornet
- Firebird Hornet Sport
- Firebird Sub-One
- Firebird Tribute
- Firebird Z-One
References
- ^ "Contact Us", Firebird.com. Retrieved November 17, 2017
- ^ a b c d Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, page 16. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X
- ^ "Contact". flyfirebird.com. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- ^ "Firebird - Skydiver's and Paraglider's Favorite". flyfirebird.com. Archived from the original on 17 February 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- ^ "Internet Archive Wayback Machine". archive.org. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
{{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help) - ^ "New Paragliders / Archive - January 2004". ojovolador.com. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
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