New PowerChutes
South African aircraft manufacturer
Company type | Proprietary company |
---|---|
Industry | Aerospace |
Founded | 2001 |
Defunct | 2006 |
Fate | Out of business |
Headquarters | Alberton, Gauteng (Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality) , South Africa |
Key people | Managing Director: Tim Stiff |
Products | Powered parachutes |
New PowerChutes (Pty) Ltd (also called New Powerchutes) was a South African aircraft manufacturer based in Alberton, Gauteng. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of powered parachutes in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft.[1]
The company seems to have been founded about 2001 and gone out of business in 2006. The Managing Director was Tim Stiff. The company was a proprietary company under South African law.[2]
The company produced the New PowerChutes Gemini, a two-seat powered parachute design.[1]
Aircraft
Model name | First flight | Number built | Type |
---|---|---|---|
New PowerChutes Gemini | 2001 | two-seat powered parachute |
References
- ^ a b Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, page 83. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X
- ^ "PowerChute SA". Internet Archive Wayback Machine. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
External links
- Company website archives on Archive.org
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