The Cirrus Design Corporation, doing business as Cirrus Aircraft, is an aircraft design, manufacturing, maintenance and management company and a provider of flight training services. Alan and Dale Klapmeier founded it in 1984 to produce the VK-30 homebuilt aircraft, and it is headquartered in Duluth, Minnesota. It is majority-owned by a subsidiary of the Aviation Industry Corporation of China. Cirrus markets single-engine light aircraft in the SR20, SR22 and SR22T models, together with the Vision SF50 very light jet, and it has been the world's largest producer of piston-powered aircraft since 2013 and of general aviation aircraft since 2022.
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built since 2001 by Cirrus Aircraft of Duluth, Minnesota, United States
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Cirrus designed and initially developed the aircraft under contract
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originally sold as a kit by Cirrus Design (now Cirrus Aircraft)
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The Cirrus Design Corporation, doing business as Cirrus Aircraft (formally Cirrus Design), is an aircraft design, manufacturing, maintenance and management company, as well as a provider of flight training services, that was founded in 1984 by Alan and Dale Klapmeier to produce the VK-30 homebuilt aircraft.
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It is majority-owned by a subsidiary of the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC).
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It is majority-owned by a subsidiary of the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC).
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Company CEO Alan Klapmeier announced in October 2008 that due to the economic situation and resulting lack of demand for Cirrus aircraft, the company was moving to a three-day work week.
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The Cirrus Design Corporation, doing business as Cirrus Aircraft (formally Cirrus Design), is an aircraft design, manufacturing, maintenance and management company, as well as a provider of flight training services, that was founded in 1984 by Alan and Dale Klapmeier to produce the VK-30 homebuilt aircraft.
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Dale remains at Cirrus as a senior advisor and served as its CEO from 2011 to 2019.
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