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Pegas 2000

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Pegas 2000 SRO
Company typePrivately held company
IndustryAerospace
Founded1989
Headquarters,
ProductsParagliders
Foil kites
Websitepegas2000.com

Pegas 2000 SRO is a Czech aircraft manufacturer based in Prague. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of paragliders in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft. The company also builds powered paragliding wings and parafoil kites.[1]

The company is a společnost s ručením omezeným (SRO), a Czech limited company.[1]

History

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The company was founded in 1989 and in 1990 started its own paraglider flight training school and also introduced its first elliptical planform glider, the Pegas Fazole. In 1994 the company developed its own paraglider design software, which allowed designing diagonal ribs and other features only possible with computer modelling.[2]

In 1993 the company started developing parafoil kites for kite surfing and kite snowboarding, establishing a school for kite boarding in 2002.[2]

In 1999 the company introduced the Pegas Pony, a glider that became a benchmark.[2]

By the mid 2000s the company was producing the beginner Pegas Arcus, intermediate Avis and Bain, the cross country Bellus and the competition Certus. A two-place glider, the Discus was also in the catalogue.[1]

Aircraft

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Summary of aircraft built by Pegas 2000:

References

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  1. ^ a b c Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, page 27. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. ^ a b c Pegas 2000. "About us". pegas2000.com. Retrieved 20 October 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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