Wingsuit manufacturers coming to Sanderson Field

Several other projects in the works at port

 

December 23, 2021

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Seattle-based SQRL plans to build a wingsuit and skydiving equipment manufacturing plant at Sanderson Field.

Skydive Kapowsin soon won't be the only Sanderson Field tenant to enable people to plummet thousands of feet to Earth.

The Seattle-based company SQRL has leased land at the Shelton airport, and plans to erect a building in the spring, said Port of Shelton Wendy Smith. The company will manufacture wingsuits, skydiving gear and base-jumping equipment.

"We have been part of the Skydive Kapowsin crew for a few years now, since 2013, and that is how we came to know Shelton and the airport," company president Matt Gerdes wrote in an email to the Shelton-Mason County Journal. "We are excited to mo...



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