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into what are described as ultralight aircraft, advanced ultralight
aircraft,
light sport aircraft, experimental light sport aircraft, experimental
aircraft, amateur built aircraft, ELSA or homebuilt
aircraft in the United States and Canada. These include
weight shift aircraft, more commonly known as trikes,
powered parachutes, and powered para-gliders.
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Swift ultralight, experimental
lightsport, amateur built aircraft.
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Manufacturer/www.aeriane.com
Bright Star Gliders, Inc., located in Santa Rosa,
California, just north of San Francisco, are the designers
and manufacturers of the SWIFT, the Millennium, the Utopia
and the Valkyrie.
(They have also licensed production of the Swift for the
European market by A?iane; in Belgium).
You can reach Bright Star at: 48 Barham
Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA 95407, USA, +1-707-576-7627
The SWIFT (Swept
Wing with Inboard Flap Trim) is an unusual family of
aircraft.
Originally conceived as a rigid hang glider with
sailplane-like performance, it was designed by Bright Star
Gliders in collaboration with engineers at Stanford
University as a boomerang-shaped wing with fins at its tips.
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A number of different frames
have since been fitted to it, to create a two-seat glider
(the Tandem Swift), a self-launching glider (the
Swift-PAS), and a motor-glider (the P-Swift).
The basic Swift itself is
marketed as a foot-launched sailplane, and claims to be
unique in this regard. All of the various frames are
interchangeable and any can be added to the same basic wing.
The firm has released a refined version of the wing as the
Swift'Lite. |
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The basic Swift itself is marketed
as a foot-launched sailplane |
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