BDC Aero Industrie
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| Privately held company | |
| Industry | Aerospace |
| Founded | circa 2005 |
| Headquarters | Lachute, Quebec, Canada |
| Products | Fixed wing aircraft |
| Website |
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BDC Aero Industrie Inc. is a Canadian aircraft manufacturer based in Lachute, Quebec. The company specializes in the manufacture of fixed wing aircraft in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft for the Canadian advanced ultralight, limited and the American light-sport aircraft categories. At one time they also offered kits for amateur construction.[1][2][3]
Products
The company's current production aircraft is the BDC Aero Puma, a light-sport aircraft based on the Pluto design by the Italian aircraft designer Antonio Bortolanza. The aircraft was designed in the 1980s and originally called the Pluto and later the Drakken, which is Swedish for "dragon". BDC has produced a further developed version since 2005 under the Puma name.[1][3]
As of September 2015 the Puma does not appear on the Federal Aviation Administration's list of approved light-sport aircraft, although it is an approved Transport Canada Advanced Ultralight.[2][4]
In September 2105 the company had one of its aircraft registered in the United States with the Federal Aviation Administration and four in Canada registered with Transport Canada.[5][6]
The company is also developing a five-seat, composite, amphibious turboprop to be designated the PX3000.[7]
Aircraft
| Model name | First flight | Number built | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| BDC Aero Puma | 2008 | 5 | Two-seat, low-wing, light-sport aircraft |
References
- 1 2 Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 71. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
- 1 2 Transport Canada (26 August 2015). "Listing of Models Eligible to be Registered as Advanced Ultra-Light Aeroplanes (AULA)". Retrieved 28 September 2015.
- 1 2 "Puma-Aircraft History". Puma-aircraft.com. Retrieved 2012-08-27.
- ↑ Federal Aviation Administration (11 September 2015). "SLSA Make/Model Directory". Archived from the original on 16 May 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
- ↑ Federal Aviation Administration (11 September 2015). "Make / Model Inquiry Results". Retrieved 28 September 2015.
- ↑ Transport Canada (28 September 2015). "Canadian Civil Aircraft Register". Retrieved 28 September 2015.
- ↑ "BDC Aero Industrie Inc.". Industry Canada. Retrieved 3 November 2015.