Company:Ozone Gliders

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Ozone Gliders Limited
TypePrivately held company
IndustryAerospace
Headquarters,
Scotland
Key people
CEO: Mike Cavanagh
ProductsParagliders
Websiteflyozone.com

Ozone Gliders Limited is an aircraft manufacturer based in Le Bar-sur-Loup, France , although it is registered in Edinburgh, Scotland. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of paragliders in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft.[1][2][3]

The company CEO is Mike Cavanagh, while gliders are designed by hang gliding and paragliding world champion pilot Robbie Whittall.[1][4]

The company produces a complete line of paragliders. In 2003 their line-up included the training Atom, tandem two-place Mac Daddy Bi, mountain descent Peak, competition Proton GT, sports Ozone Vibe and the intermediate Vulcan.[1]

Whittall and Ozone have collaborated with other companies, such as Pilots Right Stuff in the design of their PRS Peak mountain descent glider.[1]

Divisions

Ozone Zeno competition paraglider

The company has four divisions:[5]

  • Ozone Gliders Limited - manufactures paragliders
  • Ozone Power Limited - manufactures paramotor and speed flying wings
  • Ozone Kites Limited - manufactures parafoil kites for water, snow and land
  • Ozone Kitesurf Limited - manufactures inflatable kites for kitesurfing

Aircraft

Ozone Buzz paraglider
Ozone Cosmic Rider two-place paraglider
Ozone Mojo paraglider

Summary of aircraft built by Ozone Gliders:

  • Ozone 6907
  • Ozone Addict
  • Ozone Alpina
  • Ozone Atom
  • Ozone Buzz
  • Ozone Cosmic Rider
  • Ozone Delta
  • Ozone Element
  • Ozone Enzo
  • Ozone FLX
  • Ozone Geo
  • Ozone Groundhog
  • Ozone Jomo
  • Ozone LM4
  • Ozone LM5
  • Ozone LM6
  • Ozone Mac Daddy Bi
  • Ozone Magnum
  • Ozone Mag2lite
  • Ozone Mantra
  • Ozone Mojo
  • Ozone Octane
  • Ozone Peak
  • Ozone Proton
  • Ozone Rush
  • Ozone Swift
  • Ozone Swiftmax
  • Ozone Trickster
  • Ozone Ultralite
  • Ozone Vibe
  • Ozone Vulcan
  • Ozone XXLite
  • Ozone Zeno

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, pages 23 & 28. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. "Ozone Paragliders > Team > Philosophy". flyozone.com. http://flyozone.com/paragliders/en/team/philosophy/. Retrieved 7 September 2016. 
  3. "Ozone Paragliders > Contact > Ozone". flyozone.com. http://flyozone.com/paragliders/en/contact/. Retrieved 7 September 2016. 
  4. "Ozone Paragliders > Team > Ozone People > Mike Cavanagh". flyozone.com. http://flyozone.com/paragliders/en/team/people/_mike-cavanagh/. Retrieved 7 September 2016. 
  5. "Ozone :: Paragliders :: Paramotor :: Speed Wings :: Snowkites :: Landkites :: Kitesurf << Choose your passion". flyozone.com. http://www.flyozone.com/. Retrieved 7 September 2016. 

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