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Offpiste Aviation Limited
Company typePrivately held company
IndustryAerospace
Founded1995
Defunct2003
FateOut of business following founder's death
Headquarters,
Key people
Colin Lark
ProductsHang gliders

Offpiste Aviation Limited (Off The Beaten Track) was a British aircraft manufacturer based in Dursley, Gloucestershire and founded by hang glider competition pilot Colin Lark. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of hang gliders in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft.[1][2]

The company was founded in 1995 and went out of business when Lark died of cancer on 8 September 2003.[2][3][4][5]

The company was founded to produce the Discovery series of hang gliders, designed by Bill Pain. The Discovery series are termed Sky Floaters, hang gliders designed for slow, local flying, lightness of weight and ease of handling, over high performance and cross-country capability. The series quickly became the best selling hang glider design in the UK by the mid-2000s.[1][4]

Aircraft

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Summary of aircraft built by Offpiste Aviation Limited
Model name First flight Number built Type
Offpiste Discovery hang glider

References

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  1. ^ a b Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, page 47. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. ^ a b "Skyfloating, Colin Lark and the Discovery". skyfloating.com. Archived from the original on 6 February 2005. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Skyfloating". archive.org. Archived from the original on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  4. ^ a b "About Offpiste Aviation Ltd". skyfloating.com. Archived from the original on 12 February 2002. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  5. ^ Johnson, Dan. "April 2004". bydanjohnson.com. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
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