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{{Short description|American aircraft manufacturer}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2022}}
{{Infobox company
| name             = Specter Aircraft, Inc.
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| type             = [[Privately held company]]
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| fate             = Out of business
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| foundation       = 23 July 1997
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| defunct          = 17 February 2000
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| hq_location_city = [[Bancroft, Idaho]]
| hq_location_country = [[United States]]
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| key_people       = 	James D Gessford
| industry         = [[Aerospace]]
| products         = [[Kit aircraft]]
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'''Specter Aircraft, Inc.''' was an American [[aircraft manufacturer]], founded by James D Gessford in 1997 and based in [[Bancroft, Idaho]]. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of [[light aircraft]] in the form of kits for [[Homebuilt aircraft|amateur construction]].<ref name="Aerocrafter">Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition'', page 359. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. {{ISBN|0-9636409-4-1}}</ref><ref name="bizapedia.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.bizapedia.com/id/SPECTER-AIRCRAFT-INC.html|title=Specter Aircraft, Inc. in Bancroft, ID - Bizapedia Profile|work=Bizapedia.com|accessdate=30 April 2015}}</ref>
The company was incorporated on 23 July 1997 and had its status administratively revoked on 17 February 2000.<ref name="bizapedia.com"/>
The company was formed to develop and market the [[Specter Aircraft Specter II|Specter II]], a [[canard (aeronautics)|canard configuration]] two-seat aircraft intended to be sold in kit form. [[Federal Aviation Administration]] records indicate that only one was built.<ref name="Aerocrafter"/><ref name="FAAReg">{{cite web|url = http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=909SP|title = N-Number Inquiry Results - N909SP |accessdate = 30 April 2015|last = [[Federal Aviation Administration]]|date = 30 April 2015}}</ref>
== Aircraft ==
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|+ align=center style="background:#BFD7FF"| Summary of aircraft built by Specter Aircraft
|- style="background:#efefef;"
! Model name
! First flight
! Number built
! Type
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|align=left| '''[[Specter Aircraft Specter II]]'''
|align=center| 1997
|align=center| One
|align=left| [[Homebuilt aircraft]]
|-
|}
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[[Category:Defunct aircraft manufacturers of the United States]]
[[Category:Homebuilt aircraft]]