Sokopf Explained

Sokopf
Type:Privately held company
Foundation:1990s
Founder:Uli Sokopf
Defunct:late 2000s
Hq Location City:Innsbruck
Hq Location Country:Austria
Industry:Aerospace
Products:Paramotors

Sokopf was an Austrian aircraft manufacturer based in Innsbruck and founded by Uli Sokopf. 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 Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category.[1] [2]

The company seems to have been founded before 1998 and gone out of business after 2004.[1] [2]

The company's line of paramotors, the Sokopf Falke, is noted for its emphasis on high power, rather than low empty weight, unlike many other paramotor manufacturers.[1] In an emergency the entire engine unit can be jettisoned.[3]

Aircraft

+ align=center style="background:#BFD7FF"Summary of aircraft built by Sokopf
Model nameFirst flightNumber builtType
Sokopf Falke1998paramotor

Notes and References

  1. Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, page 75. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. Web site: Sokopf Uli. All-Aero. all-aero.com. 9 January 2016.
  3. Web site: Sokopf Uli Falke. All-Aero. all-aero.com. 9 January 2016.