Sea-Bow International was a Canadian
aircraft manufacturer
An aerospace manufacturer is a company or individual involved in the various aspects of designing, building, testing, selling, and maintaining aircraft, aircraft parts, missiles, rockets, or spacecraft. Aerospace is a high technology industry.
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, based in
Valcourt, Quebec. The company was founded by designer Gerald Racicot and specialized in the design and production of
powered parachute
A powered parachute, often abbreviated PPC, and also called a motorized parachute or paraplane, is a type of aircraft that consists of a parafoil with a motor and wheels.
The FAA defines a powered parachute as ''a powered aircraft a flexible o ...
s. The company was originally called Valmecot, Inc.
[Cliche, Andre: ''Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide'' 8th Edition, page D-13. Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001. ][Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 85. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X][Downey, Julia: ''2000 Trike and 'Chute Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 17, Number 2, February 2000, page 53. Kitplanes Acquisition Company. ISSN 0891-1851]
The company was founded about 2000 and went out of business in 2015.
The company produced just one aircraft design, the
Sea-Bow powered parachute.
Aircraft
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External links
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Defunct aircraft manufacturers of Canada
Powered parachutes