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American aircraft manufacturer
Soaring Concepts, Inc.
, called
Soaring Concepts Aerospace
since 2015, is an American
aircraft manufacturer
founded by Galen Geigley and based in
Sturgis, Michigan
. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of
powered parachutes
in the form of kits for
amateur construction
and ready-to-fly aircraft under the US
light-sport aircraft
rules.
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The company was founded in 2000 to produce a single product, the
Soaring Concepts Sky Trek
, a powered parachute design that is optimized for use as a
trainer
. It has a higher than normal propeller ground clearance and larger diameter
4130 steel
tubing for added strength, as well as other features that make it suitable for training use. The aircraft has been accepted as a light-sport aircraft by the
Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA). By August 2015 the company had produced at least 25 aircraft that had been registered in the US by the FAA.
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Aircraft
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Summary of aircraft built by Soaring Concepts
Model name
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First flight
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Number built
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Type
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Soaring Concepts Sky Trek
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2000
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at least 25
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Two seat powered parachute
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References
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- ^
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Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al:
World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04
, page 86. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X
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a
b
"About Us"
.
soaringconcepts.com
. Archived from
the original
on March 30, 2016
. Retrieved
August 25,
2015
.
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Soaring Concepts (2015).
"Welcome to Soaring Concepts Aerospace!"
.
soaringconceptsaerospace.com
. Archived from
the original
on February 11, 2019
. Retrieved
May 16,
2020
.
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Federal Aviation Administration
(August 20, 2015).
"Make / Model Inquiry Results"
. Retrieved
August 20,
2015
.
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Experimental Aircraft Association
(2015).
"EAA's Listing of Special Light-Sport Aircraft"
. Retrieved
August 25,
2015
.
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Federal Aviation Administration
(April 30, 2015).
"SLSA Make/Model Directory"
. Retrieved
August 25,
2015
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