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January 19, 2010

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Steel Breeze powered parachute.
Aircraft Sales and Parts Sells Powered Parachute, Canopy Divisions

Aircraft Sales and Parts Ltd., the manufacturer of the Summit and Steel Breeze powered parachutes (in addition to the Chinook Plus 2 and Beaver RX550 Plus), has announced that effective February 1, 2010, its PPC division will be sold to Summit Aerosports, Inc., in Yale, Michigan. New owner Ken Bricker is no stranger to powered parachutes, as he and his business partner have been longstanding dealers for the Summit. “We know that they will take excellent care of all existing customers and look forward to hearing from new prospective ones,” says Aircraft Sales and Parts.

For more information on the Summit or Steel Breeze, call 810/357-5695, or visit Summit or Steel Breeze.

Aircraft Sales and Parts is also selling its Mustang and Thunderbolt square and elliptical canopies business to ASAP Canopies. New owner Trevor Evans has many hours in a variety of Light Sport Aircraft, and his business partner is a commercially licensed pilot with nearly 1000 hours in powered parachutes.

Evans can be reached at 810/300-0147 or by visiting the company web site here.

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