Sundog Powerchutes

Sundog Powerchutes Inc was a Canadian aircraft manufacturer based in Sparwood, British Columbia and later in Pierceland, Saskatchewan. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of powered parachutes in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft for the Canadian Basic Ultra-Light Aeroplane category and which also fit the European Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category.[1]

Sundog Powerchutes Inc
TypePrivately held company
IndustryAerospace
Headquarters
Pierceland, Saskatchewan
,
Canada
ProductsPowered parachutes

The company seems to have been founded about 2002 and gone out of business in 2014.[2]

The company built two models of powered parachute, the Two-Seater and One-Seater, both similar designs made from 6061-T6 aluminium tubing. In reviewing the aircraft in 2003 Jean-Pierre le Camus described their design as having, "a lot of character".[1]

Aircraft
Summary of aircraft built by Sundog Powerchutes
Model name First flight Number built Type
Sundog One-Seater 2002 At least one Single seat powered parachute
Sundog Two-Seater 2002 At least six Two seat powered parachute

References
  1. Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, page 87. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. "Sundog Powerchutes". Internet Archive Wayback Machine. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
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