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Published on: 4/9/2009
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Fort Vancouver Ultralights president Doug Maas, the new exclusive distributor of Six Chuters line of powered parachutes, displays the new 2-seat Spirit powered parachute at the U.S. Ultralight Association annual Convention and Air Sports Expo in Ontario, California this past February.
"The Spirit by Six Chuter is the result of totally reengineering the most popular powered parachute in America, the SR-7xl," Fort Vancouver Ultralights claims.
Six Chuter, the Yakima, Washington manufacturer of single- and 2-seat powered parachutes, has announced "significant changes in the Six Chuter method of distributing powered parachutes," says newly appointed Six Chuter distributor Doug Maas of Fort Vancouver Ultralights.
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The new distribution deal has the father-son team of Doug and Brian Maas of Fort Vancouver Ultralights exclusively handling the marketing and distribution of Six Chuters complete line of single- and 2-seat powered parachutes, while Six Chuter does the manufacturing, including the "subassembly" of the new Spirit powered parachutes, according to Fort Vancouver Ultralights.
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"Doug Maas, president of Fort Vancouver Ultralights and the former chief of police in Vancouver, Washington, recently retired as president of the local Chamber of Commerce.
Maas is one of our top-performing dealers.
His family corporation made this proposal, and we have accepted."
As Six Chuters new distributor, Maas announced that Six Chuter "sales associates" (dealers) will offer financing on Spirit sales to their customers.
"The financing package extends 72-month financing on the Spirit," Maas says.
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Commenting on Six Chuters new distribution deal with Fort Vancouver Ultralights, Maas says, "We challenged Six Chuter to design a new powered parachute that incorporates the best of industry practices, while maintaining the strength of the former line of powered parachutes.
They did that and more.
And in what sounds like a direct challenge to the rest of the powered parachute industry, Maas states, "Not only did Six Chuter make every change we asked for, they even managed to reduce the overall weight, as well as reduce the production cost to a level I dont believe can be matched by anyone else in this industry.