Normand Dube Aerocruiser

The Normand Dube Aerocruiser is a Canadian single-engined, two-seat bushplane designed by Normand Dube and supplied as a kit for homebuilding by Aviation Normand Dube of Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Quebec.

Design and development
The Aerocruiser 912 is a high-wing braced monoplane with a fixed tailwheel landing gear, the wheels can be quickly changed to skis if required. It has a welded steel tube fuselage and metal aluminium riveted wings and can take a variety of mainly Rotax piston engines. The aircraft has a gross weight of 1232 lb and is powered by a 100 hp Rotax 912ULS engine, for the Canadian advanced ultralight category.

The design has been developed into Aerocruiser Plus, a four-seat version with a gross weight of 2200 lb powered by a 180 hp Lycoming O-360 engine and the Aerocruiser 450 Turbo, a six-seat version with a gross weight of 4650 lb powered by a 450 hp Lycoming TIGO-541 engine.

Operational history
By March 2017, 56 examples had been registered with Transport Canada and one in the United States with the Federal Aviation Administration.