Airfer Explained

Airfer Paramotores
Type:Privately held company
Hq Location City:Socuéllamos
Hq Location Country:Spain
Industry:Aerospace
Products:Paramotors

Airfer Paramotores (formally Paramotores Air-Future, S.L.) is a Spanish aircraft manufacturer once based in Pontevedra and more recently in Socuéllamos in the Province of Ciudad Real. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of paramotors and powered parachutes in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft for the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules and the European Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category.[1]

Airfer has produced a line of paramotors that make use of titanium frames to save weight in increase durability. Older models no longer in production include the Airfer Bimax, Titan and Tornado. The current production paramotor is the Airfer Explorer series.[1] [2]

The company also produces powered parachutes, including the now out-of-production Airfer Transan. Current powered parachute designs include the Trike C1, Trike C1 Sport, Rumbo 250, Diamond Thor 250, Yumbo and the Mustang.[1] [3]

Aircraft

+ align=center style="background:#BFD7FF"Summary of aircraft built by Airfer
Model nameFirst flightNumber builtType
Airfer Bimax2000sParamotor
Airfer Titan2000sParamotor
Airfer Tornado2000sParamotor
Airfer Transan2000sPowered parachute
Airfer Trike C12010sPowered parachute
Airfer Trike C1 Sport2010sPowered parachute
Airfer Rumbo 2502010sPowered parachute
Airfer Yumbo2010sPowered parachute
Airfer Diamond Thor 2502010sPowered parachute
Airfer Mustang2010sPowered parachute

Notes and References

  1. Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, page 63. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. Web site: Paramotores. Airfer. airfer.com. 3 October 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151004122319/http://www.airfer.com/index.php/paramotores. 4 October 2015. dead.
  3. Web site: Trikes. Airfer. airfer.com. 3 October 2015.