Alliant Aviation

Alliant Aviation LLC
Limited liability company
Industry Aerospace
Fate Out of business
Founded circa 2003
Defunct circa 2005
Headquarters Richland, Michigan, United States
Products Powered parachutes

Alliant Aviation LLC was an American aircraft manufacturer based in Three Rivers, Michigan and later in Richland, Michigan. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of powered parachutes in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft for the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles and the European Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight categories. None of the company's aircraft appear on the list of accepted American light-sport aircraft.[1][2]

Alliant was formed about 2003 as a restructuring of Destiny Powered Parachutes. The new company retained the same address in Three Rivers, Michigan for a time, before moving to nearby Richland, Michigan. Alliant was a limited liability company (LLC).[1][3]

The new company showed its first new aircraft, the Alliant Destiny Fusion at Sun 'n Fun, Lakeland, Florida in 2003. The Fusion featured an unusual semi-stressed skin composite fuselage. The company line included the Destiny LT two-seater, Destiny ST single-seater and the Destiny XLT two-seater.[1] In about 2004 the ParaCraft Falcon F-1 was introduced.[4]

The company seems to have gone out of business about 2005.[5]

Aircraft

Summary of aircraft built by Alliant
Model name First flight Number built Type
Fusion 2003 Two-seat powered parachute
Destiny LT 2003 Two-seat powered parachute
Destiny XLT 2003 Two-seat powered parachute
Destiny ST 2003 Single-seat powered parachute
Paracraft F-1 Falcon 2004 Two-seat powered parachute

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, page 81. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. ↑ Federal Aviation Administration (26 September 2016). "SLSA Make/Model Directory". Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "Alliant Aviation, LLC - FAQS". alliantaviation.com. Archived from the original on 29 August 2004. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "Alliant Aviation, LLC - FAQS". alliantaviation.com. Archived from the original on 6 February 2005. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Internet Archive Wayback Machine". archive.org. Retrieved 9 June 2015.

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