{{Short description|Canadian aircraft manufacturer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2022}} {{Infobox company | name = Aviation Normand Dube Inc. | logo = File:Aviation Normand Dube Logo.png | caption = | type = [[Privately held company]] | traded_as = | fate = | predecessor = | successor = | founded = 1982 | founder = | defunct = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | hq_location = | hq_location_city = [[Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Quebec]] | hq_location_country = [[Canada]] | area_served = | key_people = Normand Dube | industry = [[Aerospace]] | products = [[Light aircraft]] | services = [[Helicopter]] sales, [[machining]] | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = | divisions = | subsidiaries = | website = {{URL|http://www.aviationnormanddube.com/}} | footnotes = | intl = }}
'''Aviation Normand Dube''' is a Canadian [[aircraft manufacturer]] based in [[Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Quebec]] and founded by Normand Dube. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of [[ultralight]] and [[light aircraft]] in the form of kits for [[Homebuilt aircraft|amateur construction]] and ready-to-fly aircraft.<ref name="WDLA11">Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 94. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X</ref><ref name="WDLA15">Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', page 99. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. {{ISSN|1368-485X}}</ref>
The company was founded in 1982 as a [[machine shop]] and metal fabricator. In 2011 a [[Robinson Helicopter Company]] dealership and repair centre was added in [[Grand Falls, New Brunswick]], selling the [[Robinson R44]] and carrying out repairs to the R44 and [[Robinson R22]].<ref name="Dube">{{cite web|url = http://www.aviationnormanddube.com/ouverture_site_ang.html |title = Aviation Normand Dube|accessdate = 15 March 2017|author=Aviation Normand Dube|work =aviationnormanddube.com|date = 15 March 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191109033210/https://www.aviationnormanddube.com/ouverture_site_ang.html|archive-date= 9 November 2019|url-status= dead}}</ref>
The company's first aircraft was introduced in 1985, the two-seat [[Normand Dube Aerocruiser]] for the Canadian [[advanced ultralight]] category. In 1988 this was enlarged to become the four-seat [[Normand Dube Aerocruiser Plus]] and in 1997 the six-seat [[Normand Dube Aerocruiser 450 Turbo]] was added to the line.<ref name="WDLA11"/><ref name="WDLA15"/>
In November 2018 company founder and owner, Normand Dubé, was convicted in Quebec court of criminal charges after his use of an Aerocruiser homebuilt to carry out an attack on [[Hydro Quebec]]'s powerline infrastructure. In December 2020 he fled while on bail and was believed to be in hiding.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.avweb.com/recent-updates/business-military/terrorism-by-homebuilt/|title = Terrorism By Homebuilt?|access-date = 5 November 2018|last = Niles|first = Russ|work = AVweb|date = 4 November 2018|archive-url = https://archive.today/20201227021507/https://www.avweb.com/recent-updates/business-military/terrorism-by-homebuilt/|archive-date = 27 December 2020|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url =https://copanational.org/en/2018/12/13/aircraft-designer-normand-dube-imprisoned/|title = Aircraft Designer Normand Dubé Imprisoned |access-date = 14 November 2018|last = Drinkwater|first = Steve |work = [[Canadian Owners and Pilots Association]]|date = 13 November 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201030011739/https://copanational.org/en/2018/12/13/aircraft-designer-normand-dube-imprisoned/|archive-date= 30 October 2020|url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="MostWanted">{{cite web|url= https://canadianaviator.com/quebec-pilot-on-most-wanted-list/|title= Quebec Pilot On 'Most-Wanted' List|access-date= 26 December 2020|work= Canadian Aviator|date= 26 December 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201227015855/https://canadianaviator.com/quebec-pilot-on-most-wanted-list/|archive-date= 27 December 2020|url-status= live}}</ref>
In Feb 2021, Dubé turned himself in.<ref name="MostWanted" /><ref>{{cite web | title=Prison sentence increased to 16 years for Quebec’s ‘pilot to the stars’ | website=Global News | date=2021-07-13 | url=https://globalnews.ca/news/8024748/prison-sentence-increased-to-16-years-for-quebecs-pilot-to-the-stars/ | access-date=2025-09-04}}</ref>
== Aircraft == [[File:Normand Dube Aerocruiser C-IFCD 01.jpg|right|thumb|[[Normand Dube Aerocruiser]] on skis]] Summary of aircraft built by Aviation Normand Dube: *[[Normand Dube Aerocruiser]] (1985) *[[Normand Dube Aerocruiser Plus]] (1988) *[[Normand Dube Aerocruiser 450 Turbo]] (1997)
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==External links== {{Commons category|Normand Dube aircraft}} *{{Official website|http://www.aviationnormanddube.com/ouverture_site_ang.html}} {{Normand Dube aircraft}}
[[Category:Aircraft manufacturers of Canada]] [[Category:Ultralight aircraft]] [[Category:Homebuilt aircraft]] [[Category:Helicopters]] [[Category:1982 establishments in Canada]]