# Windward Performance

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{{Infobox company
| name             = Windward Performance
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| founder          = Greg Cole
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| location_city    = [Bend, Oregon](/source/Bend%2C_Oregon)
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'''Windward Performance''' is an aircraft design house and manufacturer located in  [Bend, Oregon](/source/Bend%2C_Oregon). The company is owned and led by Greg Cole. Windward Performance has helped numerous companies with technical expertise and in house they designed and developed the [SparrowHawk](/source/Windward_Performance_SparrowHawk) ultralight sailplane and the [DuckHawk](/source/Windward_Performance_DuckHawk) high strength, high performance 15m sailplane.<ref name="WDLA11">Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 138. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. {{ISSN|1368-485X}}</ref>

The company also designed and built the [Perlan II](/source/Windward_Performance_Perlan_II) stratospheric glider which now holds the sailplane world altitude record at 52,172&nbsp;ft.<ref name="FF2011-4">''The Perlan II project continues to develop'', 24-25. FreeFlight, the Journal of the [Soaring Association of Canada](/source/Soaring_Association_of_Canada), Autumn, 2011.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.windward-performance.com Windward Performance]

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Category:Aircraft manufacturers of the United States
Category:Companies based in Bend, Oregon

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