founded 1994 headquarters summerstown ontario canada products kit aircraft services aircraft manufacturing maintenance repairs number of employees 5 2005 website bushcaddy.com bushcaddy aircraft canada usually just called bushcaddy or bushcaddy is a canadian aircraft manufacturer based at the cornwall regional airport in summerstown ontario . the company specializes in the design and manufacture of kit aircraft . 1 2 3 4 5 contents 1 history 2 aircraft 3 references 4 external links history edit sean gilmore designer of the bushcaddy l 162 max and l 164 . the company started as a flight training operation called club aeronautique delisle incorporated cadi based in lac saint jean quebec . it was founded by jean eude potvin who designed the cadi r 80 and put it into production as a kit aircraft in 1994 . he went on to design and build the r 120 and l 160 . 4 sean gilmore and marlene gill started a flight training venture at montr al saint lazare aerodrome operating a cadi r 80 aircraft . impressed with the design they became distributors for potvin handling marketing outside of quebec . in 1998 potvin expressed a desire to retire and gilmour and gill bought cadi including the rights to the r 80 r 120 and l 160 aircraft designs . they renamed the company canadian light aircraft sales and service commonly called class . between 1998 and 2001 potvin still produced parts as class assumed production . potvin retired in 2001 . 4 to preserve the cadi name the aircraft line was called bushcaddy a play on the abbreviation and the meaning of one who carries . to expand production the company moved to larger accommodation at nearby les cedres quebec . by 2005 they had five employees with gilmore doing the design and engineering work and gill handling the marketing and financial aspects . gilmore designed the bushcaddy l 162 max and l 164 . 4 in about 2010 gilmore and gill retired and sold the company to tony watkin an australian who relocated it to lachute quebec and renamed it after the aircraft line itself bushcaddy international inc. 5 in november 2012 the company moved production to the cornwall regional airport at summerstown ontario and also accepted a contract with the airport to operate the unicom radio service . 6 aircraft edit a class r 80 bush caddy under construction at the class factory in les cedres quebec canada . summary of aircraft built by cadi class and bushcaddy model name first flight number built type bushcaddy r 80 1994 two seat kit aircraft bushcaddy r 120 two seat kit aircraft bushcaddy l 160 two three seat kit aircraft bushcaddy l 162 max 2005 two four seat kit aircraft bushcaddy l 164 c2007 four seat kit aircraft references edit vandermeullen richard 2012 kit aircraft buyer s guide kitplanes volume 28 number 12 december 2011 page 47 . belvoir publications . issn 0891 1851 bayerl robby ; martin berkemeier ; et al world directory of leisure aviation 2011 12 page 98 . wdla uk lancaster uk 2011 . issn 1368 485x bertrand noel ; rene coulon ; et al world directory of leisure aviation 2003 04 page 179 . pagefast ltd lancaster uk 2003 . issn 1368 485x a b c d hunt adam elegant utility flying the class r 80 bushcaddy canadian flight july 2005 page b 1 . canadian owners and pilots association . a b bushcaddy 2012 . about us . retrieved 22 may 2012 . bushcaddy . bushcaddy . retrieved 2013 02 01 . external links edit official website wikimedia commons has media related to bushcaddy . v t e bushcaddy aircraft fixed wing aircraft r 80 r 120 l 160 l 162 l 164 companies bushcaddy canadian light aircraft sales and service club aeronautique delisle incorporated retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bushcaddy & oldid 668371236 categories aircraft manufacturers of canadahidden categories commons category with local link same as on wikidata 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 in other projects wikimedia commons languages add links this page was last modified on 23 june 2015 at 22 35 . 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