Air Sylphe was a French

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based in Villereau, Nord. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of

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s in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft for the US

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and the European Fédération Aéronautique Internationale

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categories.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 79. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X The company seems to have gone out of business in the end of 2007. The company built a line of single and two-seat powered parachutes, all using industrial ducted fans for propellers. Their designs included the single seat Air Sylphe 447 and the two-seat Air Sylphe Bi 582, which was noted as being produced in a special version for

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aviators.

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