Back Bone Explained

Back Bone
Type:Privately held company
Founder:Thierry Simonet
Defunct:before 2015
Hq Location City:Tallard
Hq Location Country:France
Industry:Aerospace
Products:Paramotors

Back Bone was a French aircraft manufacturer based in Tallard and founded by Thierry Simonet. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of paramotors in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft for the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules and the European microlight regulations.[1]

The company was active in the mid-2000s, but seems to have gone out of business by 2015.[1] [2]

The company produced a line of paramotors that included the Seraph, Shadow and Silver models.[1]

Aircraft

+ align=center style="background:#BFD7FF"Summary of aircraft built by Back Bone
Model nameFirst flightNumber builtType
Back Bone Seraph2000sParamotor
Back Bone Shadow2000sParamotor
Back Bone Silver2000sParamotor

Notes and References

  1. Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, page 64. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. Web site: Home . Back Bone . 9 October 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080518065237/http://www.veloce-skydive.com/backbone/ . 18 May 2008 .