Alliant Aviation

{{Short description|American powered parachute manufacturer}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2017}} {{Use American English|date=January 2022}} {{Infobox company | name = Alliant Aviation LLC | logo = Alliant Aviation Logo.png | caption = | type = [[Limited liability company]] | traded_as = | fate = Out of business | predecessor = | successor = | founded = circa 2003 | founder = | defunct = circa 2005 | hq_location = | hq_location_city = [[Richland, Michigan]] | hq_location_country = [[United States]] | area_served = | key_people = | industry = [[Aerospace]] | products = [[Powered parachutes]] | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = | divisions = | subsidiaries = | website = | footnotes = | intl = }}

'''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]].<ref name="WDLA04">Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 81. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X</ref><ref name="FAASLSA">{{cite web|url=http://www.faa.gov/aircraft/gen_av/light_sport/media/SLSA_Directory.xlsx |title=SLSA Make/Model Directory |accessdate=10 October 2016 |last=[[Federal Aviation Administration]] |date=26 September 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011060804/http://www.faa.gov/aircraft/gen_av/light_sport/media/SLSA_Directory.xlsx |archivedate=11 October 2016 }}</ref>

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).<ref name="WDLA04"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://alliantaviation.com/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040829232737/http://alliantaviation.com/|title=Alliant Aviation, LLC - FAQS|archivedate=29 August 2004|work=alliantaviation.com|accessdate=9 June 2015}}</ref>

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 [[Alliant Destiny XLT|Destiny LT]] two-seater, [[Alliant Destiny XLT|Destiny ST]] single-seater and the [[Alliant Destiny XLT|Destiny XLT]] two-seater.<ref name="WDLA04"/> In about 2004 the [[ParaCraft Falcon F-1]] was introduced.<ref name="Alliant Aviation">{{cite web|url=http://www.alliantaviation.com/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050206093649/http://www.alliantaviation.com/|title=Alliant Aviation, LLC - FAQS|archivedate=6 February 2005|work=alliantaviation.com|accessdate=9 June 2015}}</ref>

The company seems to have gone out of business about 2005.<ref name="Alliant Aviation"/>

== Aircraft ==

{| class="wikitable" align=center style="font-size:90%;" |- |+ align=center style="background:#BFD7FF"| Summary of aircraft built by Alliant |- style="background:#efefef;" ! Model name ! First flight ! Number built ! Type

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.alliantaviation.com/ Company website archives] on [[Archive.org]] {{Alliant Aviation aircraft}}

[[Category:Defunct aircraft manufacturers of the United States]] [[Category:Ultralight aircraft]] [[Category:Homebuilt aircraft]] [[Category:Powered parachutes]]