| Advance Thun SA | |
| Type: | Société anonyme |
| Hq Location City: | Thun |
| Hq Location Country: | Switzerland |
| Industry: | Aerospace |
| Products: | Paragliders, harnesses, bags |
Advance Thun SA is a Swiss aircraft manufacturer based in Thun. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of paragliders, harnesses, paragliding carrying bags and paragliding clothing.[1]
Advance is a société anonyme, a share-held company.[1]
The company is one of the world's leading manufacturers of paragliders. They produce a full line of paragliders ranging from training to competition gliders. Many of their glider models have been developed over successive generations of refinements. Gliders include the beginner Advance Alpha, the intermediate Epsilon and Sigma as well as the competition Omega and the two-place Advance Bi Beta.[1]
The 2015 Red Bull X-Alps competition was won by Chrigel Maurer (first) and Sebastian Huber (second), both flying Advance Omega XAlps gliders. They flew 1000km (1,000miles) over seven days of bivouac flying.[2]
| + align=center style="background:#BFD7FF" | Summary of aircraft built by Advance | ||
| Model name | First flight | Number built | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advance Alpha | paraglider | ||
| Advance Bi Beta | two-place paraglider | ||
| Advance Epsilon | paraglider | ||
| Advance Iota | paraglider | ||
| Advance Omega | paraglider | ||
| Advance Pi | paraglider | ||
| Advance Sigma | paraglider | ||