Explorair was a German aircraft manufacturer based in Ebringen, Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-Württemberg and later in Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg and founded by Mathias Mauch. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of powered parachutes and ultralight trikes in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft for the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles and the European Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight categories.[1][2]

Explorair
Company typePrivately held company
IndustryAerospace
Founded2002
FounderMathias Mauch
Defunct2004
FateOut of business
Headquarters,
ProductsPowered parachutes
Ultralight trikes

Explorair seems to have been founded about 2002 and gone out of business in 2004.[3]

The company produced the Explorair Relax MV, a single-seat powered parachute that could be converted to an ultralight trike by substituting a hang glider wing for the parachute wing.[1]

Aircraft edit

Summary of aircraft built by Explorair
Model name First flight Number built Type
Explorair Relax MV 2002 Single-seat powered parachute and ultralight trike

References edit

  1. ^ a b Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, page 81. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. ^ "address". explorair.de. Archived from the original on 9 August 2003. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Explorair". Internet Archive Wayback Machine. Retrieved 12 June 2015.