Gemini Powered Parachutes

Gemini Powered Parachutes
Privately held company
Industry Aerospace
Fate Out of business
Founded circa 2002
Defunct 2007
Headquarters Culver, Indiana, United States
Products Powered parachutes

Gemini Powered Parachutes was an American aircraft manufacturer based in Culver, Indiana. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of powered parachutes in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft under the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules and the European Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category.[1][2]

The company was founded by a former employee of Buckeye Industries. It seems to have been founded about 2002 and gone out of business in 2007.[1][3]

Gemini produced a series of single-seat powered parachutes, including the Gemini Classic, Gemini Star, Gemini Ultra Star and Gemini Viper. There was also one two-seat trainer model, the Gemini Twin which had sold 60 aircraft by 2005.[1][2][4]

Aircraft

Summary of aircraft built by Gemini Powered Parachutes
Model name First flight Number built Type
Gemini Classic Single-seat powered parachute
Gemini Star Single-seat powered parachute
Gemini Ultra Star Single-seat powered parachute
Gemini Viper Single-seat powered parachute
Gemini Twin 60 (2005)[2] Two-seat powered parachute

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, page 82. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. 1 2 3 Downey, Julia: 2005 Trikes 'Chutes and Rotorcraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 22, Number 2, February 2005, page 50. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
  3. ↑ "Internet Archive Wayback Machine". archive.org. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Gemini Powered Parachutes". geminipoweredparachutes.com. Archived from the original on 6 January 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2015.

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