Phoenix Industries

Phoenix Industries, Inc. was an American aircraft manufacturer based in Southampton, New Jersey. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of powered parachutes and paramotors in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft in the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles category.[1][2][3][4]

Phoenix Industries, Inc.
TypePrivately held company
IndustryAerospace
FateOut of business circa 2005
FoundedCirca 1997
Headquarters
Southampton, New Jersey
,
United States
ProductsKit aircraft

The company produced a powered paraglider, the Phoenix Industries B1Z ParaFlyer of which ten had been sold by 2000, and three powered parachute designs, the Phoenix Industries CV1 ParaFlyer, Phoenix Industries TZ-1 ParaFlyer and the Phoenix Industries Sport. A total of 15 CV1 ParaFlyers and 16 Sports had been sold by 2005. All designs were single-seaters.[1][2][3][4]

The company seems to have been established c. 1997 and gone out of business about 2005.[1][2][3][5]

Aircraft
Summary of aircraft built by Phoenix Industries
Model name First flight Number built Type
Phoenix Industries B1Z ParaFlyer 10 (2000) Paramotor
Phoenix Industries CV1 ParaFlyer 15 (2000) Powered parachute
Phoenix Industries Sport 16 (2005) Powered parachute
Phoenix Industries TZ-1 ParaFlyer Powered parachute

References
  1. Downey, Julia: 2000 Trike and 'Chute Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 17, Number 2, February 2000, pages 52-53. Kitplanes Acquisition Company. ISSN 0891-1851
  2. Downey, Julia: 2005 Trikes 'Chutes and Rotorcraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 22, Number 2, February 2005, page 51. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
  3. Cliche, Andre: Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide 8th Edition, page D-24. Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001. ISBN 0-9680628-1-4
  4. Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition, page 342. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. ISBN 0-9636409-4-1
  5. Phoenix Industries (8 February 2015). "Phoenix Industries, Inc. website archives". Retrieved 8 February 2015.
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