| Type: | Privately held company |
| Hq Location City: | Fulpmes |
| Hq Location Country: | Austria |
| Industry: | Aerospace |
| Products: | Paragliders |
| Owner: | Markus Gründhammer |
Wings of Change is an Austrian aircraft manufacturer based in Fulpmes, founded by Markus Gründhammer. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of paragliders in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft.[1]
By 2003 the company had a range of gliders in their line including the Chinhook Bi two-place tandem, the intermediate Taifun and Twister, plus the performance Tsunami.[1]
Reviewer Noel Bertrand said of the company in a 2003 profile, "Markus Gründhammer still manages to make the safest paragliders without losing anything in performance."[1]
The company's 2011 and later line includes gliders with such names as the Deathblade, Predator and Psychohammer.[2]
Designer Gründhammer said of his Deathblade paraglider, a glider with an aspect ratio of 13.01:1, wing with 113 cells and a top speed of 680NaN0, "finally, a wing that meets my expectations of performance and flying qualities and equally challenges my skills. Some guys need a Ferrari. As for me, I build my own paragliders in order to advance as a test pilot and also on a personal scale. To me, the motivation of finding ever new dimensions and testing out the limits of feasibility means developing mental strength and feeling 'pure life'."[3]
The company also builds the Skyman line of lightweight mountain gliders for activities such as bivouac flying.[4]
Summary of aircraft built by Wings of Change: