A 1979 hang glider.
Wing area: 18 m²
Wing span: 7.76 m
Aspect ratio: 3.76
Hang glider weight: 18 kg
Minimum pilot weight: 46 kg
Maximum pilot weight: 65 kg
Packed length: 5 m
Number of battens: 2
Nose angle: 100°
Volantes Demoisel
Hang-glider
Volantes
Manufacture d´Ailes Volantes
Hang glider builder circa 1979
Voilerie Du Vent Vendest
Introduced in 1982, the Vendest had a 155 degree nose angle and 90% double surface.
Voilerie Du Vent Ramses
A 1980 hang glider.
Voilerie Du Vent Phebus
A 1981 hang glider.
Manufactured at the time by Philippe Marck who ran the school center of Marstein, in the Vosges.
The structure of the wing was developed from “The Seagull” and it was the same structure as the Azure.
Voilerie Du Vent Phantom
A 1981 hang glider for intermediate pilots. The wing sail was by Philippe Marck.
Voilerie Du Vent Fletcher
A 1980 hang glider
Fletcher A
Wing area: 15.5 m²
Aspect ratio: 4.8
Hang glider weight: 22 kg
Minimum pilot weight: 50 kg
Maximum pilot weight: 60 kg
Nose angle: 110°
Fletcher B
Wing area: 17 m²
Aspect ratio: 4.8
Hang glider weight: 23 kg
Minimum pilot weight: 60 kg
Maximum pilot weight: 70 kg
Nose angle: 110°
Fletcher C
Wing area: 18.5 m²
Aspect ratio: 4.8
Hang glider weight: 24 kg
Minimum pilot weight: 70 kg
Maximum pilot weight: 90 kg
Nose angle: 110°
Villinger Skye / Airwave Skye
The Skye was taken over by Airwave when the Villiger company closed.
A floater hang glider circa 1998 which could be flown supine or prone. The Skye was manufactured at the Seedwings Europe factory.
Wing area: 18.3 sq.m
Pilot weight: 70-125 kg
Wing span: 5.4 m
Nose Angle: 120 deg
Aspect ratio: 9.95
Price (1998) 6500 DM
Skye 193
Wing area: 18.3 m²
Wing span: 9.95 m
Aspect ratio: 5.4
Hang glider weight: 22 kg
Minimum pilot weight: 70 kg
Maximum pilot weight: 125 kg
Packed length: 6 m
Packed length short: 3.8 m
Nose angle: 120°
Villinger
1998: PO Box 254, 6010 Innsbruck, AUSTRIA
Hang glider builder
Veliplane-Sofrec Strato
A 1978 hang glider regarded as difficult to fly, but it was an incredible construction for the time, sail stretched like a drum, slats shaped, and twisting at the wing tip.
Strato 17
Wing area: 16.3 m²
Wing span: 9.2 m
Aspect ratio: 5.19
Minimum pilot weight: 55 kg
Maximum pilot weight: 75 kg
Packed length: 4.88 m
Number of battens: 8
Nose angle: 123°
Strato 18
Wing area: 17.3 m²
Wing span: 9.2 m
Aspect ratio: 4.89
Minimum pilot weight: 70 kg
Maximum pilot weight: 90 kg
Packed length: 4.88 m
Number of battens: 8
Nose angle: 123°
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