Calipt'Air explained

Calipt'Air AG
Type:	Aktiengesellschaft
Fate:	Out of business
Foundation:	December 1997
Defunct:	2005
Hq Location City:	Spiez
Hq Location Country:	Switzerland
Industry:	Aerospace
Products:	Paragliders

Calipt'Air AG was a Swiss aircraft manufacturer based in Spiez. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of paragliders and also produced a line of emergency parachutes.^[1]

The company name comes from Ancient Greek. Kalos means beautiful and pteryx means wing.^[2]

The company was founded in December 1997 and went out of business in 2005. A memorial website for the company was created in 2009, but was later taken down from the internet.^{[3] [2] [4]}

Calipt'Air was an Aktiengesellschaft, a corporation limited by share ownership.^[5]

The company produced a range of paragliders, including the Calipt'Air Serenis intermediate glider, the Calipt'Air Vectis performance intermediate and competition wing and the Calipt'Air Walabis Bi for the tandem flight training role. It also made the SOS line of emergencies parachutes.^{[1] [4]}

Aircraft

Summary of aircraft built by Calipt'Air:

• Calipt'Air Serenis
• Calipt'Air V-56^[4]
  • Calipt'Air Vectis Calipt'Air Walabis Bi

External links

• Company website archives on Archive.org

Notes and References

1. Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, page 14. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003.
2. Web site: Caliptair. caliptair.com. 28 March 2016.
3. Web site: Calipt'Air . Internet Archive Wayback Machine . 15 March 2016.
4. Web site: Calipt'air main page (english). https://web.archive.org/web/20020405182000/http://www.caliptair.com/mainEnglish.html. 5 April 2002. caliptair.com. 28 March 2016.
5. Web site: Calipt'air - about us (english). https://web.archive.org/web/20020610053101/http://www.caliptair.com/AboutUs/aboutUsPageEnglish.html. 10 June 2002. caliptair.com. 28 March 2016.