[1] The company specializes in the design and manufacture of parachutes and at one time also constructed paragliders and parafoil kites.

[5][6] In 2017 skydivers Sara and Steve Curtis, and George Reuter purchased Firebird.

[5] After previously manufacturing its products in Germany and the Czech Republic, in 2018, the company moved its production facility to Eloy, Arizona,[5] a city that has the world's biggest drop zone.

[7] In the mid-2000s, as Firebird Sky Sports AG, the company produced a range of 11 different models of paragliders, including the beginner Firebird Sub-One and Z-One, the intermediate Grid and Hornet, the competition Debute and Tribute as well as the two-place Choice Zip Bi, that incorporated zippers to reduce its wing area.

[1][5][7] Summary of paragliders built by Firebird, introduced in the mid-2000s and since out of production: