Sundog Powerchutes Inc was a Canadian

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based in Sparwood, British Columbia and later in

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. 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

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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

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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