Skyway Products

Skyway Products was a German aircraft manufacturer based in Ettenheim. 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]

Skyway Products
TypePrivately held company
IndustryAerospace
FateOut of business (c. 2005)
Foundedcirca 2003
Defunctcirca late 2005
Headquarters,
ProductsParamotors
ParentKlenhart Graphik

The company seems to have been founded about 2003 and gone out of business late in 2005 and was a subsidiary of Klenhart Graphik, a graphic design concern.[2]

The company was noted for its use of composites to save weight, including in its propellers, engine mounts and integral fuel tanks. It also utilized its own engine design, the Skyway T170.[1]

The company's sole aircraft model was the Skyway Light paramotor.[1]

Aircraft

Summary of aircraft built by Skyway Products
Model name First flight Number built Type
Skyway Light 2003 paramotor

References

  1. Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, page 74. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. "Internet Archive Wayback Machine". archive.org. Retrieved 9 January 2016.Archive index at the Wayback Machine
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