private company industry aerospace fate ceased operations july 2003 founded 1997 headquarters irricana alberta key people wilf stark products kit aircraft website www.nucleus.com eureka ameri cana ultralights was a canadian aircraft manufacturer that was formed to produce the ameri cana eureka for the us far 103 ultralight vehicles category and the american market . 1 2 3 contents 1 history 2 aircraft 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was formed by wilf stark in 1997 with the successful first flight of the eureka . the aircraft was intended to fill what ameri cana perceived as an under served niche in the market an inexpensive ultralight that was also quick to assemble . the eureka was initially sold complete including engine for us 6000 and could be assembled in two weekends . 1 3 4 the prototype eureka first flew in august 1997 . the company then commenced manufacturing and marketing kits . 1 in 1999 reviewer andre cliche said the kit sells for 6000 which is amazingly low when you consider that this number even includes the engine propeller and basic instruments . i wonder if they will stay in business for long with such a low profit margin 1 after introduction the price was increased to us 5000 for the airframe alone estimating that it could be completed for us 8000 total . the company ceased providing kits in july 2003 stating the eureka has been withdrawn from the market due to lack of resources . 3 aircraft edit summary of aircraft built by ameri cana ultralights model name first flight number built type ameri cana eureka 1997 single seat ultralight aircraft references edit a b c d cliche andre ultralight aircraft shopper s guide 8th edition page b 17 . cybair limited publishing 2001 . isbn 0 9680628 1 4 downey julia 1999 kit aircraft directory kitplanes volume 15 number 12 december 1998 page 36 . primedia publications . issn 0891 1851 a b c stark wilf july 2003 . eureka by ameri cana ultralights . retrieved 2009 09 26 . stark wilf july 2003 . performance specifications . retrieved 2009 09 26 . external links edit official website photo of wilf stark of ameri cana ultralights with a eureka retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ameri cana ultralights & oldid 668346514 categories defunct aircraft manufacturers of canadadefunct manufacturing companies of canada navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 23 june 2015 at 20 13 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view