What is "skyrider"

Skyrider or SkyRider may refer to:

• Bud Berning, aka Skyrider, a Denver-based musician and member of Sole and the Skyrider Band
• Skyrider Flugschule, a German aircraft manufacturer and flight training school
• Skyrider (Kamen Rider), the main character of The New Kamen Rider
• HTM Skyrider, a helicopter
• Skyrider (roller coaster), a roller coaster at Canada's Wonderland
• SkyRider (seat), a plane seat manufactured by Aviointeriors
• A ride at Skyline Park
• A ride at Wild Wild Wet

is the primary and eponymous protagonist in the 1979-1980 Kamen Rider Series Kamen Rider, more commonly referred to as Skyrider or The New Kamen Rider. As the name suggests, he was the first Kamen Rider who could fly. He is also one of the most powerful Kamen Riders, having passed a survival test that involved being struck by the Rider Kicks of all his predecessors.

Skyrider also made his appearance in Kamen Rider Super-1's Movie, Birth of the 10th! Kamen Riders All Together!!, and Kamen Rider Black RX. He also appears in the Heisei Kamen Rider movies All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker, Movie War 2010, and Let's Go Kamen Riders.

SkyRider is an airliner saddle seat, a type of airplane seat shaped similar to a horse saddle. It was designed by the Italian firm Aviointeriors and reduces economy-class seating spacing (seat pitch) from an average of 32- to 30-inches, to 23-inches (58cm), a 25% decrease. The creator describes it as for use for ultra-high density seating configurations, allowing up to 40% increase in passenger capacity.

The seat was designed to reduce ticket prices and increase profits. It is for use on flights less than 3-hours in duration. The company notes that cowboys ride in similar style seats for more than 8-hours a day in comfort. The seat requires passengers to be seated partially upright, with their weight taken up by their legs. The seat does not recline, and leaves the occupants knees in contact with the seat in front of them. The seat still contains a fold-down tray, and back of seat pocket, both for storage of carry-ons. The design was unveiled at the 2010 Aircraft Interiors Expo Americas on 13 September 2010, in Long Beach, California.

The design is superficially similar to the vertical seat design proposed by RyanAir. This stand-up seat design was met with initial skepticism by the safety and licensing authority, the European Aviation Safety Agency and the UK Civil Aviation Authority, and has not yet been licensed for use. However, the SkyRider is not expected to meet with as much regulatory resistance as the RyanAir seat.

The SkyRider seat is not currently approved by the FAA for use in the USA.