EasyUp explained

EasyUp
Type:Privately held company
Fate:Out of business
Foundation:1990s
Founder:Tom Tate
Hq Location City:Medford, Oregon
Hq Location Country:United States
Industry:Aerospace
Products:Aircraft plans

EasyUp was an American aircraft manufacturer founded by professional engineer Tom Tate in the 1990s and based in Medford, Oregon. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of paramotors in the form of plans and kits for amateur construction under the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules and the European microlight category.[1] [2]

The company's sole product was plans, and later kits, for the EasyUp Parapropter, a paramotor design using a wide variety of small gasoline engines. The plans consisted of full-sized 240NaN0 by 360NaN0 inch professional blueprints.[1] [3]

The business was eventually wound up, with Tate writing, "I have moved on to much bigger and better things."[3]

Aircraft

+ align=center style="background:#BFD7FF"Summary of aircraft built by EasyUp
Model nameFirst flightNumber builtType
EasyUp Paraproptermid-2000sParamotor

Notes and References

  1. Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, page 67. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition, page 337. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998.
  3. Web site: EasyUp - Let's Get You Flying. easyup.cc. 24 October 2015.