. for other uses see finsterwalder disambiguation . finsterwalder gmbh type private company industry aerospace founded 1974 founder thomas finsterwalder headquarters munich germany products hang gliders paragliders and accessories divisions charly products website www.finsterwalder charly.de finsterwalder gmbh is a german aircraft manufacturer specializing in hang gliders paragliders and related accessories . the company is headquartered in munich . 1 most of the company s hang glider designs are intended to be folded down to a small size for man packing up mountains . 1 finsterwalder gmbh is made up of two divisions . the headquarters is in munich and focuses on hang glider design production and repair along with helmet design and production . charly products is located in seeg and produces paragliders harnesses and rescue systems . 2 contents 1 history 2 aircraft 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was formed in 1974 by thomas finsterwalder as a kayak design and production enterprise . the first hang glider designed and produced was the finsterwalder bergfex english mountain freak which weighed 11 kg 24 lb and could be broken down in 8 minutes to a package 1.80 m 5.9 ft long for ground transport . 2 in 1985 the factory and all equipment were destroyed by a fire delaying production until the following year . 2 charly products logo in 1990 the company bought out charly products adding paragliders and parachute systems to the company line . since the take over the company has done business as finsterwalder & charly . in 1994 charly started a partnership with nova paragliders . 2 aircraft edit summary of aircraft built by finsterwalder model name first flight number built type finsterwalder airfex hang glider finsterwalder bergfex 300 hang glider finsterwalder funfex hang glider finsterwalder jetfex hang glider finsterwalder lightfex hang glider finsterwalder minifex hang glider finsterwalder perfex hang glider finsterwalder skyfex 6 prototypes only hang glider finsterwalder speedfex hang glider finsterwalder superfex 680 hang glider finsterwalder topfex hang glider finsterwalder windfex 900 hang glider references edit a b bertrand noel ; rene coulon ; et al world directory of leisure aviation 2003 04 page 44 . pagefast ltd lancaster ok 2003 . issn 1368 485x a b c d finsterwalder 2011 . about us . retrieved 17 february 2012 . external links edit official website v t e finsterwalder aircraft hang gliders airfex bergfex funfex jetfex lightfex minifex perfex skyfex speedfex superfex topfex windfex retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title finsterwalder & oldid 668364267 categories aircraft manufacturers of germanyhang glidersparagliders navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 23 june 2015 at 21 54 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view