Harmening's High Flyers Explained

Harmening's High Flyers
Type:Privately held company
Fate:Out of business
Foundation:1988
Founder:Mike Harmening
Defunct:circa 2008
Hq Location City:Genoa, Illinois
Hq Location Country:United States
Industry:Aerospace
Products:Kit aircraft

Harmening's High Flyers was an American aircraft manufacturer founded by Mike Harmening. It was originally based in Genoa, Illinois and later in Big Stone City, South Dakota. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of powered parachutes in the form of kits for amateur construction and ready-to-fly aircraft in the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

The company was founded in 1988 and seems to have gone out of business in 2008.[8]

Harmening's produced a whole range of powered parachutes including the base model High Flyer, Standard, Deluxe, Premiere, Executive and the High Five, all variants of the same basic design.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Aircraft

+ align=center style="background:#BFD7FF"Summary of aircraft built by Harmening's High Flyers
Model nameFirst flightNumber builtType
Harmening High FlyerPowered parachute
High Flyer Standard25 (2000)Powered parachute
High Flyer Deluxe25 (2000)Powered parachute
High Flyer Premiere30 (2000)Powered parachute
High Flyer Executive30 (2000)Powered parachute
High Five10 (2000)Powered parachute

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Notes and References

  1. Cliche, Andre: Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide 8th Edition, page D-7. Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001.
  2. Downey, Julia: 2000 Trike and 'Chute Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 17, Number 2, February 2000, page 50. Kitplanes Acquisition Company. ISSN 0891-1851
  3. Downey, Julia: 2005 Trikes 'Chutes and Rotorcraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 22, Number 2, February 2005, page 50. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
  4. Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition, page 337. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998.
  5. Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, page 82. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X
  6. Web site: Harmeningshighflyers.com - Powered Parachuting at its Best ~ Since 1988. https://web.archive.org/web/20080216000317/http://www.harmeningshighflyers.com/. Susie Harmening. 16 February 2008. harmeningshighflyers.com. 29 July 2015.
  7. Web site: Harmeningshighflyers.com - Powered Parachuting at its Best ~ Since 1988. https://web.archive.org/web/20070729132255/http://www.harmeningshighflyers.com/mod.php?mod=userpage&menu=14&page_id=12. Susie Harmening. 29 July 2007. harmeningshighflyers.com. 29 July 2015.
  8. Web site: Harmening's High Flyers. archive.org. 29 July 2015. 1 August 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150801162930/http://harmeningshighflyers.com/. dead.