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Spartan Microlights

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Industry
  
Aerospace

Type of business
  
Privately held company

Website
  
www.flyforfun.net

Fate
  
Company for sale (February 2015)

Products
  
Powered parachutes, ultralight trikes, powered paragliders

Headquarters
  
Astoria, New York City, New York, United States

Spartan Microlights is an American aircraft manufacturer based in Astoria, New York. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of powered parachutes, ultralight trikes and powered paragliders in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft in the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules and kits for the US Experimental - Amateur-built category.

In February 2015 the company was listed as being for sale.

The company offers several different lines of aircraft. The "DFS" line, for "Dual Face System", is a line of aircraft that can be flown with either a paraglider wing or a hang glider wing and includes the Spartan DFS Paramotor and Spartan DFS Trike. The Spartan DFD Aerotome is a two seat ultralight trike design, that is also called the DFS Aerotome Dual. The Spartan BP Parawing is a one or two seat powered paraglider design.

References

Spartan Microlights Wikipedia