page_title: Apco Aviation
section_title: Aircraft
hierarchical_section_title: Apco Aviation / Aircraft
caption_attribution_description: English: Paraglider - Apco Allegra
context_page_description: Apco Aviation, is an Israeli aircraft manufacturer based in Caesarea and founded in 1982 by Anatoly Cohn. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of paragliders and at one time also made hang gliders and ultralight aircraft. It also manufacturers paraglider harnesses, the Mayday line of parachute rescue systems and other accessories.
  Cohn started building his first prototype hang glider in 1974. In 1978 he produced his first high performance hang glider and in 1982 started Apco Aviation. The company started producing paragliders in 1986 and has built more than 40 different models. It produces a wide range of paragliders that has included the competition Apco Simba, the Prima trainer, the Fiesta beginner glider, the intermediate Presta and Keara.
  The company occupies a 3,200 m² factory in northern Israel that was specifically built for Apco. It employs 60 people there.
  In 1991 the Apco HiLite III set a World Distance Record for paragliders. The Apco Extra was also later flown to another World Distance Record for paragliders. In 2000 the Apco Futura set a world record, the company's tenth world record. The company's paragliders hold eleven world records.
context_section_description: Summary of aircraft built by Apco Aviation:
  Apco Activa
  Apco Air Xtreme
  Apco Allegra
  Apco Bagheera
  Apco Enigma
  Apco Extra
  Apco Fiesta
  Apco Force
  Apco Fun
  Apco Futura
  Apco Game
  Apco HiLite
  Apco Hybrid
  Apco Karma
  Apco Keara
  Apco Lift
  Apco NRG
  Apco Play
  Apco Presta
  Apco Prima
  Apco Salsa
  Apco Santana
  Apco Sierra
  Apco Simba
  Apco Speedstar
  Apco Starlite
  Apco System K
  Apco Tetra
  Apco Tigra
  Apco Thrust
  Apco Twister
  Apco Vista
  Apco Zefira
  And "Mayday" series of rescues parachutes...
caption: Apco Allegra paraglider
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