has enlisted Cirrus Aircraft to produce a “significant portion” of the composite airframes for the LSA. As part of the agreement announced on Monday, Cirrus will build the composite airframe ...

The Cirrus VK-30 was a groundbreaking aircraft ... Overview: The Velocity XL is another composite kit aircraft with a pusher-propeller configuration. Known for its spacious cabin and long-range ...

The aircraft in this list range from high-performance composite aircraft like the Cirrus SR22 to the humble but ...

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.

This 2023 Cirrus SR22T is nearly new, with 222 hours on the airframe, its 315 hp Continental TSIO-550-K engine and Hartzell three-blade lightweight carbon composite propeller. The aircraft is ...

Light-sport aircraft developer Icon Aircraft has signed an agreement for Cirrus Aircraft to supply a significant portion of the composite airframe for the A5 amphibious plane. Cirrus will produce ...

The Vision SF50 from Cirrus Aircraft, which has been in development ... which has the effect of compressing the composite spars being cured. This enhances the airframe's strength, which influences ...

“We want to see more.” Mike Culver, of Duluth, helps move a composite wing assembly for a Cirrus SR-series aircraft. Three years ago, Cirrus employed about 1,300 people. Today, that number is ...

Photo Credit: Diamond Aircraft One of Cirrus’ major competitors in the all-composite certified general aviation market is Diamond Aircraft (Wiener Neustadt, Austria). Leveraging its fiberglass powered ...

Pushing the red button transfers control of the aircraft to the Safe Return system. Cirrus Safe Return is designed with a fully automated landing sequence that empowers the aircraft’s onboard ...

Cirrus Aircraft CEO and co-founder Dale Klapmeier ... The brothers first designed the VK-30, kit plane made with composite materials. The company then moved from Baraboo to Duluth in 1994 to ...

Composite design is customized to specific aircraft performance ... to deliver adequate thrust and flight performance for the aircraft in question.” For Cirrus Aircraft’s (Duluth, Minn.) single-engine ...