In those days, the trend was for manufacturers to release a new model almost yearly in order to grab the attention of the glider-buying community. “Hang gliders last a long time and it was challenging to come out with a new sales-inspiring model every year,” De Gersigny remembers. “I had a good run with them,” he says, but he began to see the future. He provides trike sales and instruction seven days a week.īefore De Gersigny got involved with trike manufacturing, he built hang gliders for a number of years. representative Bateleur Sky Sports owner Mike Devenish. Aquilla is pronounced “Ah-QUILL-uh,” according to U.S. So our focus in this article is on the ultralight trike with the double “l” spelling. De Gersigny, who looks and sounds much like any American aviator except for a telltale South African accent, has now brought the name back with an engine and landing gear attached. Nonetheless, Solo Wings owner Aidan De Gersigny, who has been involved with hang gliding since the late 1970s, says Aquilla means “Eagle” in Latin, a name he used for a hang glider he sold 15 years ago. Aquila is also a city of central Italy northeast of Rome. Exactly how a star in the northern skies inspired someone in South Africa I don’t know. Aquila – spelled with one “l” – is a constellation in the Northern Hemisphere and the Milky Way.
If the name Aquilla sounds vaguely familiar and a bit Italian to you, go to the head of the class.
One South African ultralight product is the Aquilla, a sturdy trike from Solo Wings in South Africa. However, as their ultralight producers did business with Europe, the Southern Hemisphere country kept up with ultralight aviation despite the sanctions imposed by the United States. Our government employed economic sanctions that kept South African aviation developments off our radar. Not long ago, Americans couldn’t buy products from South Africa because of that country’s apartheid policies. WELL DAMPENED – Solo Wings must know their vibration technology as this mount proved to significantly dampen vibes coming from the potent 65-hp Rotax 582 engine.
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