Gemini Powered Parachutes

Gemini Powered Parachutes
Company type	Privately held company
Industry	Aerospace
Founded	circa 2002
Defunct	2007
Fate	Out of business
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	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

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

External links

Company website archives on Archive.org

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[WDLA04-1] Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, page 82. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X

[KitplanesFeb2005-2] Downey, Julia: 2005 Trikes 'Chutes and Rotorcraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 22, Number 2, February 2005, page 50. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851

[3] "Gemini Powered Parachutes". Internet Archive Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 28, 2015.

[4] "Gemini Powered Parachutes". geminipoweredparachutes.com. Archived from the original on January 6, 2007. Retrieved July 28, 2015.

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