Offpiste Aviation Limited (Off The Beaten Track) was a British aircraft manufacturer based in Dursley, Gloucestershire and founded by hang glider competition pilot Colin Lark. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of hang gliders in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, page 47. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003.
The company was founded in 1995 and went out of business when Lark died of cancer on 8 September 2003.
The company was founded to produce the Discovery series of hang gliders, designed by Bill Pain. The Discovery series are termed Sky Floaters, hang gliders designed for slow, local flying, lightness of weight and ease of handling, over high performance and cross-country capability. The series quickly became the best selling hang glider design in the UK by the mid-2000s.
Aircraft
Summary of aircraft built by Offpiste Aviation Limited Model name First flight Number built Type Offpiste Discovery hang glider
References
External links Company website archives on Archive.org