The Creative Flight Aerocat is a Canadian

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, all composite, four passenger experimental aircraft that can be configured for amphibious float operations. Under development since 1998, the aircraft is intended to be supplied in kit form by Creative Flight of Haliburton, Ontario, for amateur construction. The company has since been renamed Auriga Design.Downey, Julia: ''2008 Kit Aircraft Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 24, Number 12, December 2007, page 47. Primedia Publications. ISSN 0891-1851Vandermeullen, Richard: ''2011 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide'', Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 43. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851

Design and development

Development started in 1998 on the MPA Aerocat. In 2002, the vehicle was renamed the Creative Flight Aerocat. The all composite aircraft features a distinctive gull-wing design with pods that floats can attach to. A twin engine variant is powered by two

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engines. In both the case of the single and twin engined versions, the engines are mounted in

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on a composite arch behind the cockpit.

Operational history

The single engine prototype flew in 2001, then was retrofitted for twin engine operations and flown in 2002. Shortly afterward the aircraft was test flown with floats. In 2003, the prototype was flown to the

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airshow and displayed. As of August 2019 the prototype, C-GYCC, remained the sole example flying.

Variants

;SR :Single engine version with retractable gear, powered by a

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engine. ;SRX :Single engine version with retractable gear and floats, powered by a

engine or one Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-21 turboprop producing ;TR :Twin engine version with retractable gear, powered by two

engines ;TRX :Twin engine version with retractable gear and floats, powered by two

Design and development

Operational history

Variants

Specifications (Aerocat SR)

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