Société Nouvelle d'Aviation Sportive | |
Type: | Privately held company |
Fate: | Out of business |
Foundation: | 2001 |
Defunct: | 2004 |
Hq Location City: | Noillac |
Hq Location Country: | France |
Industry: | Aerospace |
Products: | Powered parachutes |
Services: | Ultralight aircraft maintenance, flight training |
Société Nouvelle d'Aviation Sportive (SNAS) (English: New Society of Sport Aviation) was a French aircraft manufacturer and flight school based in Noillac. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of powered parachutes in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft for the European Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category.[1]
SNAS produced a line of powered parachutes under the Stryke-Air brand. These included the Stryke-Air Bi and the Stryke-Air Monoplace. Their aircraft designs were noted for their fixed fin to reduce propeller torque effects and also for seating the pilot behind the passenger on their two-place aircraft.[1]
In addition to aircraft manufacturing, the company also conducted ultralight aircraft flight training for both three axis control and powered parachute aircraft types and operated an ultralight aircraft maintenance facility.[2] [3]
The company seems to have been founded in 2001 and gone out of business in 2004.[4]
+ align=center style="background:#BFD7FF" | Summary of aircraft built by SNAS | ||
Model name | First flight | Number built | Type |
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Stryke-Air Bi | 2001 | Two seat powered parachute | |
Stryke-Air Monoplace | 2001 | Single seat powered parachute | |