Marbella Parapente SL
TypePrivately held company
IndustryAerospace
Foundedbefore 1998
DefunctMarch 2005
Headquarters
Málaga
,
Spain
Key people
Pierre Aubert
ProductsParamotors

Marbella Parapente SL (English: Marbella Paragliders) was a Spanish aircraft manufacturer based in Málaga and founded by Pierre Aubert. The company specialized 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 microlight category.[1]

The company seems to have been founded before 1998 and gone out of business in March 2005.[2]

The company was a Sociedad de Responsabilidad Limitada, a Spanish limited liability company.[1]

Marbella Parapente produced the PAP family of paramotors that were noted for such details as incorporating the reserve parachute within the frame structure.[1]

PAP series paramotors were flown to first-place finishes in the world championships in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004.[3]

Pilot Ramon Morillas set a world record in June 1998, flying a PAP paramotor across Spain from the southwest to the northeast over a distance of 644 km (400 mi) covered in about 11.5 hours.[1]

Aircraft

Summary of aircraft built by Marbella Parapente
Model name First flight Number built Type
Marbella Parapente Paramotor PAP mid-2000s Paramotor

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, page 71. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. ↑ "Marbella Parapente". Internet Archive Wayback Machine. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "PAP Team The home site of PAP Paramotors and Pilots". papteam.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2005. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
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