Cirrus Aircraft
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| Subsidiary | |
| Industry | Aerospace |
| Founded | 1984 in Baraboo, Wisconsin |
| Founders | Alan & Dale Klapmeier |
| Headquarters | Duluth, Minnesota, United States |
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Key people
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Dale Klapmeier (Co-Founder & CEO) Patrick Waddick (President, Innovation & Operations, Duluth division) Todd Simmons (President, Customer Experience, Knoxville division) Don McIsaac (Executive Vice President & CFO) Judi Eltgroth (Senior Vice President, HR) |
| Products | Light aircraft |
| Owner | China Aviation Industry General Aircraft (CAIGA) |
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Number of employees
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1,000+ |
| Parent | Aviation Industry Corporation of China, which is owned by the Government of the People's Republic of China. |
| Website | www.cirrusaircraft.com |
The Cirrus Aircraft Corporation (formally Cirrus Design Corporation) is an aircraft manufacturer that was founded in 1984 by Alan and Dale Klapmeier to produce the VK-30 kit aircraft. The company headquarters is located in Duluth, Minnesota, United States. As of June 2015, Cirrus had delivered over 6,000 aircraft in 16 years of production.
The company is owned by China Aviation Industry General Aircraft (CAIGA), itself owned by Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), which is in turn wholly owned by the Government of the People's Republic of China.
Cirrus markets several versions of its three certificated models, the SR20, SR22 and SR22T. It was planning to market a light-sport aircraft, the Cirrus SR Sport, but suspended the project in 2009 due to costs and lack of market demand. This has since been cancelled.
The type certified Cirrus Vision SF50 single-engine jet began deliveries in December 2016.
Cirrus Aircraft has its headquarters and main manufacturing facility in Duluth, Minnesota. An additional manufacturing facility, which produces the composite components for the planes, is located in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The Grand Forks facility is owned by the city of Grand Forks and leased to the company.
On 27 December 2007 the company secured a lease for the former Northwest Airlines hangar at Duluth International Airport. The 189,000-square-foot (17,600 m2) building was to be used for construction of its new Cirrus Jet. Cirrus canceled the lease in 2009 during the height of the Great Recession.
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