Hanger 9 stuff used to be distributed in the UK by CML. They are no longer importing Hanger 9....so they're may be an opportunity there - But to make it viable you will have to look at big volumes, probably at least a container full. And as they are more of a global concern they may want a sole, large and recognised european distributor.

The smaller manufacturers may be a better alternative, but again if its very specialised you'll be looking at a much more focused market. Sebart in Italy will be doing the Funtana 140's and Quiequi's YAKS, shipping into the UK from Italy is easy and not too expensive, so you immediately have a competitior on the Extreme Flight YAK (asuming they're comparable, I'm sure I just opened a can of worms!!!)

I wonder how the guys importing the Dave Patrick stuff are doing....I see the prices at Wings and Wheels were a fair bit cheaper than Sandown.

Good luck to your friend, it would be great to see more of the US stuff available to us, and takes some balls to lay the cash down to make it a reality.