Volirium, the company behind the Flytec Balloon brand of variometers and other electronic devices used and loved by balloonists world-wide, will from now on work with two partners for production, sales, service, and repairs. This is to ensure that the ballooning world can continue to rely on Flytec Balloon as a professional brand that is guided by pilots’ best interests.
The first of these partners is Flymaster Avionics in Portugal, a company that is mainly known for its paragliding varios and the Flymaster Tracker, a live tracking system used in many competitions. From now on, Flymaster will be responsible for production, sales, and support of Flytec Balloon varios, while Volirium and Flymaster will be jointly responsible for marketing and development. Volirium’s General Manager Jörg Ewald will continue to make sure Flytec Balloon devices deliver exactly what pilots need.
The second partner is Swiss-German CAMO Ballonservice Gerhardt.Schmidle, who will become responsible for all repairs outside of North America. Patrik Schmidle was our very first test pilot for the Flytec Balloon 3040, back in 1991. His company was the first Swiss balloon CAMO. The vario repairs will be done by our very own Jorge Rodrigues, who has been responsible for vario repairs at Volirium for more than five years.
We do our best to keep changes for you as a pilot to a minimum:
– All information about Flytec Balloon remains available at www.flytec-balloon.com
– Our reseller network remains unchanged
– In North America, Steve Kroop at Flytec USA (www.flytec.com / info@flytec.com) remains your primary contact point for support and repairs
There will be a few changes nevertheless, for pilots outside of North America:
– For support and repairs, write to support@flytec-balloon.com. We will provide instructions on how to get your defective varios to Ballonservice
– For all other concerns, contact us at info@flytec-balloon.com.
We are very excited about these collaborations and look forward to working with Flymaster and Ballonservice.
Jörg Ewald for Volirium