Société Nouvelle d'Aviation Sportive (SNAS) () was a French

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based in Noillac. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of

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in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft for the European

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category.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 86. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X SNAS produced a line of powered parachutes under the ''Stryke-Air'' brand. These included the Stryke-Air Bi and the Stryke-Air Monoplace. Their aircraft designs were noted for their fixed fin to reduce propeller torque effects and also for seating the pilot behind the passenger on their two-place aircraft. In addition to aircraft manufacturing, the company also conducted ultralight aircraft

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for both three axis control and powered parachute aircraft types and operated an ultralight

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facility. The company seems to have been founded in 2001 and gone out of business in 2004.

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