Paraavis


Paraavis Company is a Russian aircraft manufacturer based in Moscow and founded in 1992. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of paramotors, paragliders, parachutes, powered parachutes and parafoil kites for kitesurfing, 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 draws its workforce from graduates of the Russian aviation technical institutes.

Products

Paraavis paragliders have been the choice of several champions, including, Valeriy Rozov, the coach of the Russian parachute sport team; Igor Potapkin, the winner of the bronze medal in paragliding at the 2001 World Air Games, 2003 World Champion and winner of the Open Cup of Germany in 2003; Mihail Koz’min, 2003 World Champion in the PL2 class; Mariya Ryabikova and Vasiliy Rodin, who were Sky-surfing World Champions in 2003; Mariya Ryabikova and Viktoriya Demidova, 2004 World Championship silver medal winners; Dmitriy Ovodenko and Igor Kalinin, the Sky-surfing World Champions 2004. Additionally the company's paragliders have been used by the Russian, Latvian and Kazakhstan paraglider teams and the Russian Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.
The company builds a line of paramotors, including the now out-of-production Paraavis Mirage and Paraavis Sova, plus the current production Paraavis Pegasus and Paraavis Vityaz.
The company manufacturers main parachutes as well as reserves, harnesses and parachute cargo systems. It has a range of powered parachutes, including wheel sets to convert paramotors into powered parachutes.
The kitesurfing line includes kites that are designed for both snow and water use.

Aircraft

Model nameFirst flightNumber builtType
Paraavis Miragemid-2000sparamotor
Paraavis Pegasusmid-2000sparamotor
Paraavis Sovamid-2000sparamotor
Paraavis Vityazmid-2000sparamotor
Paraavis Zummerpowered parachute
Paraavis Skatpowered parachute
Paraavis Tortillapowered parachute
Paraavis Acrobatmid-2000sparaglider
Paraavis Dartmid-2000sparaglider
Paraavis Dreamparaglider
Paraavis Ivengomid-2000sparaglider
Paraavis Jazzparaglider
Paraavis Joyparaglider
Paraavis Rioparaglider
Paraavis Tangoparaglider
Paraavis Tango Duettparaglider
Paraavis Varioparaglider
Paraavis Zorropowered paraglider
Paraavis Jingopowered paraglider
Paraavis Accurateparachute
Paraavis Dolphinparachute
Paraavis Jokerparachute
Paraavis Ultimateparachute
Paraavis Flashparachute
Paraavis Segmentparachute
Paraavis Hackerparachute
Paraavis Stealth Tandemparachute
Paraavis Lesnik-3Mparachute