Bushcaddy Aircraft Canada, usually just called Bushcaddy or BushCaddy, was a Canadian aircraft manufacturer based at the

Cornwall Regional Airport Cornwall Regional Airport is located east-northeast of the city of Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, across the St. Lawrence River from Massena, New York, United States. It has a single, paved runway oriented east–west. The airport is classified as ...

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. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of kit aircraft.Vandermeullen, Richard: ''2012 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide'', Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 47. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 98. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485XBertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 179. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485XHunt, Adam: ''Elegant Utility - Flying the CLASS R-80 BushCaddy'', Canadian Flight July 2005, page B-1. Canadian Owners and Pilots Association. By August 2020 the company website had been blanked and it is likely that the company is no longer in business.

History

The company started as a flight training operation called ''Club Aeronautique Delisle Incorporated'' (CADI), based in Lac Saint-Jean, Quebec. It was founded by Jean Eude Potvin who designed the

CADI R-80 The Bushcaddy R-80 is a Canadian ultralight and light-sport aircraft that was designed by Jean Eudes Potvin of Lac Saint-Jean, Quebec in 1994 and produced by his company Club Aeronautique Delisle Incorporated (CADI). It was later built by Can ...

and put it into production as a kit aircraft in 1994. He went on to design and build the R-120 and L-160. Sean Gilmore and Marlene Gill started a flight training venture at Montréal/Saint-Lazare Aerodrome, operating a CADI R-80 aircraft. Impressed with the design they became distributors for Potvin, handling marketing outside of Quebec. In 1998 Potvin expressed a desire to retire and Gilmour and Gill bought CADI, including the rights to the R-80, R-120 and L-160 aircraft designs. They renamed the company ''Canadian Light Aircraft Sales and Service'', commonly called ''CLASS''. Between 1998 and 2001 Potvin still produced parts, as CLASS assumed production. Potvin retired in 2001. To preserve the CADI name the aircraft line was called ''BushCaddy'', a play on the abbreviation and the meaning of ''one who carries''. To expand production the company moved to larger accommodation at nearby Les Cedres, Quebec. By 2005 they had five employees with Gilmore doing the design and engineering work and Gill handling the marketing and financial aspects. Gilmore designed the

Bushcaddy L-162 Max The Bushcaddy L-162 Max is a Canadian kit aircraft that was designed by Sean Gilmore and produced by Canadian Light Aircraft Sales and Service and most recently by Bushcaddy. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction.Vanderm ...

and

L-164 The Bushcaddy L-164 is a Canadian kit aircraft that was designed by Sean Gilmore and produced by Canadian Light Aircraft Sales and Service and most recently by Bushcaddy. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction.Vandermeulle ...

. In about 2010 Gilmore and Gill retired and sold the company to Tony Watkin, an Australian who relocated it to Lachute, Quebec and renamed it after the aircraft line itself, Bushcaddy International Inc. In November 2012 the company moved production to the

and also accepted a contract with the airport to operate the UNICOM radio service.

Aircraft

CLASS R-80 Bush Caddy under construction 01

References

External links

* {{Bushcaddy aircraft Aircraft manufacturers of Canada