Swing Flugsportgeräte Explained

Swing Flugsportgeräte GmbH
Type:	Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung
Foundation:	1986
Hq Location City:	Landsberied
Hq Location Country:	Germany
Industry:	Aerospace
Products:	Paragliders, paramotor wings

Swing Flugsportgeräte GmbH (English: Swing Air Sports Equipment Limited|italic=yes) is a German aircraft manufacturer based in Landsberied, 300NaN0 west of Munich, near the Bavarian Alps.^[1]

The company specializes in the design and manufacture of paragliders and paramotor wings in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft, as well as paragliding harnesses, reserve parachutes and accessories.^[1]

The company is organized as a Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (GmbH), a German limited liability company.^[1]

Founded in 1986, Swing is one of the oldest paraglider manufacturers and has a network of 170 distributors in 48 countries. The company's Arcus beginner level paraglider is one of the best-selling designs in the history of paragliding, with more than 8,500 sold.^[2]

Aircraft

Summary of aircraft built by Swing:

• Swing Apus
• Swing Arcus
• Swing Astral
• Swing Axis
• Swing Brave
• Swing Cirrus
• Swing Connect
• Swing Core
• Swing Discus
• Swing Hybrid
• Swing Mirage
• Swing Mistral
• Swing Mito
• Swing Naja
• Swing Nexus
• Swing Nyos
• Swing Scorpio
• Swing Sensis
• Swing Spitfire
• Swing Sting
• Swing Stratus
• Swing Trinity
• Swing Tusker
• Swing Twin

Notes and References

1. Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, page 32. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003.
2. Web site: Pioneers in Paragliding. 17 November 2016. Swing Flugsportgeräte.