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.

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 ...

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

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 ...