Xplorer UltraFlight

Xplorer UltraFlight
Privately held company
Industry Aerospace
Founder Keith Pickersgill
Headquarters Cape Town, South Africa
Products Paramotors
Services Flight training
Website www.xplorer.co.za

Xplorer UltraFlight is a South African aircraft manufacturer based in Cape Town and founded by Keith Pickersgill. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of paramotors in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft for the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules and the European Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category. The company also provides paramotor flight training.[1][2]

The company has produced a number of paramotor designs. In the mid-2000s these included the Xflyer and the XS, both powered by the Solo 210 engine. In 2016 the company was producing the Micro80, powered by the Italian Per Il Volo Top 80 motor and also acted as a dealer for the Spanish Marbella Parapente Paramotor PAP line.[1][3][4]

Aircraft

Summary of aircraft built by Xplorer UltraFlight
Model name First flight Number built Type
Xplorer Xflyer mid-2000s paramotor
Xplorer XS mid-2000s paramotor
Xplorer Micro80 mid-2010s paramotor

References

  1. 1 2 Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, page 77. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. Xplorer UltraFlight. "Training". Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  3. Xplorer UltraFlight. "Xplorer Micro80". Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  4. Xplorer UltraFlight. "Paramotors PAP". Retrieved 30 January 2016.

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