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Back Bone

Back Bone was a French aircraft manufacturer based in Tallard and founded by Thierry Simonet. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of paramotors in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft for the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules and the European microlight regulations. The company was active in the mid-2000s, but seems to have gone out of business by 2015. The company produced a line of paramotors that included the Seraph, Shadow and Silver models.

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Back Bone was a French aircraft manufacturer based in Tallard and founded by Thierry Simonet. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of paramotors in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft for the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules and the European microlight regulations. The company was active in the mid-2000s, but seems to have gone out of business by 2015. The company produced a line of paramotors that included the Seraph, Shadow and Silver models.

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