Spartan Microlights

{{Short description|American aircraft manufacturer}}

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| type = Privately held company

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| fate = Company for sale (February 2015)

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| hq_location_city = Astoria, New York

| hq_location_country = United States

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| industry = Aerospace

| products = Powered parachutes, ultralight trikes, powered paragliders

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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.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, page 111. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485XDowney, Julia: 2000 Trike and 'Chute Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 17, Number 2, February 2000, page 54. Kitplanes Acquisition Company. ISSN 0891-1851Cliche, Andre: Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide 8th Edition, page C-27. Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001. {{ISBN|0-9680628-1-4}}

In February 2015 the company was listed as being for sale.{{cite web|url = http://www.flyforfun.net/spartanforsale.htm|title = Spartan Microlights Manufacturing Business is now For Sale|accessdate = 15 February 2015|last = Spartan Microlights|date = }}

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.