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Sundog Powerchutes Inc 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. ...
based in Sparwood, British Columbia and later in
Pierceland, Saskatchewan Pierceland ( 2016 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Beaver River No. 622 and Census Division No. 17. It is north of the Beaver River on Saskatchewan Highway 55. History P ...
. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of
powered parachutes 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 ...
in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft for the Canadian
Basic Ultra-Light Aeroplane The Canadian Aviation Regulations define two types of ultralight aircraft: basic ultra-light aeroplane (BULA), and advanced ultra-light aeroplane (AULA). Definition Regulation of ultra-light aircraft in Canada is covered by the Canadian A ...
category and which also fit the European
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microlight category.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 87. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X The company seems to have been founded about 2002 and gone out of business in 2014. The company built two models of powered parachute, the Two-Seater and One-Seater, both similar designs made from
6061-T6 aluminium 6061 ( Unified Numbering System (UNS) designation A96061) is a precipitation-hardened aluminium alloy, containing magnesium and silicon as its major alloying elements. Originally called "Alloy 61S", it was developed in 1935. It has good mechani ...
tubing. In reviewing the aircraft in 2003 Jean-Pierre le Camus described their design as having, "a lot of character".


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Defunct aircraft manufacturers of Canada Ultralight aircraft Powered parachutes 2002 establishments in British Columbia 2014 disestablishments in Saskatchewan Canadian companies disestablished in 2014 Canadian companies established in 2002