The Aeronautic 2000 company was founded in 1981 by Henri de Beaufort and Roland Magallon, to distribute the Baroudeur. One of the first participants in hang gliding in France and a man who became one of the most important manufacturers of hang gliders in Europe, Roland was the first to produce trikes units to fit under an unmodified hang glider wing. With the marketing of the Baroudeur single-seater in the summer of 1982, he became the first European manufacturer to offer a complete range of machines from weight shift machines (which are marketed separately under the name Veliplane) to three axis conventional control types.
1983: Aeronautic 2000, 14 16 rue du Ratrait, 92150 Suresnes, France.