The Cirrus VK-30 was a groundbreaking aircraft introduced by Cirrus Design Corporation in 1987. Founded by brothers Alan and Dale Klapmeier, Cirrus began its journey with the ambitious goal of ...

The Cirrus VK-30 plane crashed near the intersection of Mesa Grande and Briggs roads on a hillside between the highway and Soledad Canyon Road, said Art Marrujo, Los Angeles County fire dispatch ...

The Cirrus Aircraft Parachute System (CAPS ... “Their first product was the VK-30,” said Nielsen. It was an all composite, pusher-propeller five-passenger kit that first flew in 1988.

Diamond Aircraft Industries has introduced many superb innovations into the aviation industry, while Cirrus received multiple ...

Thomas Hastings, 65, was flying his single-engine Cirrus VK-30 home after a weekend trip to Las Vegas with his daughter, 27-year-old Amber Hill; her husband, 25-year-old Jacob Hill; and her ...

Jake Hastings said his father built the Cirrus VK-30 from a kit he received. Of the 50 that were produced, only 9 were built, including his. He started building his plane in 1990 upon Amber's ...

Cirrus Aircraft, the Minnesota-based assembler ... The company was set up four decades ago by the Klapmeier brothers to produce the VK-30 kit aircraft. That model was followed by the four-seat ...