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FMI: More News Aero-News: Quote of the Day (06.28.22) Into their design, including the unique Cirrus Airframe Parachute Their popular SR20 and SR22Ĭomposite airplanes incorporate innovative advanced technologies Personal aviation aircraft that provide unprecedented levels of By encouraging creativity and pushing people to goįorward, EAA was our guide and our inspiration on thisĬIRRUS is the recognized global leader in the manufacturing of Thrill for us because without them, the industry as we know it Keeper of the flame - an organization that preserves dreams andĭale Klapmeier (below, with Alan, on the right), co-founder andĮxecutive Vice President said, "to be honored by EAA is truly a Process create a very successful company," said CIRRUS co-founderĪnd Chief Executive Officer Alan Klapmeier. Homebuilt airplane, turn it into a production airplane, and in the "EAA provided the stage and opportunity for us to take a Their dream alive, and build CIRRUS into the thriving company it "From the VK30 to the present fleet of overĢ,000 SR20's and SR22's, Alan and Dale Klapmeier were able to keep Naysayers, keep working, and sustain their dedication to theĭream," said Poberezny. "To overcome and achieve, the innovators have to tune out the "The VK30 represents the spirit ofĭesign and innovation, and highlights the heritage of Cirrusĭesign's innovation in design and performance that have been theĬompany's foundation from the very beginning." The world's largest manufacturers of single engine aircraft," saidĮAA President Tom Poberezny. That in less than 20 years, Cirrus Design would evolve into one of "When the VK30 first appeared in 1987, who could have imagined "revolutionary design" by ANN Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell, whoįlew it a number of times and got to know the aircraft rather The VK30 made its debut to the public in 1987 at the EAA'sĪirVenture Air Show, held annually in Oshkosh, was termed a Kit-built VK30 - was inducted into the Experimental AircraftĪssociation's AirVenture museum located at the organization's Little time to look back as the 'first-ever CIRRUS aircraft' - the The VK30 formed the basis of the ST50 single-turboprop business aircraft now under development by Israviation of Israel.Unique Airplane Honored for Contribution to AviationĬIRRUS Design has had a good week at Oshkosh. The prototype, which crashed was powered by an Allison 250-B17 turboprop, which had been installed as part of a research programme unrelated to development of the stronger wing.Ī VK30 kit-plane, modified by its owner for aerial photography, crashed at Lake in the Hills, Illinois, in mid-1994.Ĭirrus has flown two SR20 prototypes and certification is scheduled for 1997.
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The VK30 is an all-composite pusher-propeller aircraft. Overmyer was responsible for SR20 certification flight-testing, but Cirrus does not expect the accident to delay the programme.
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A former Space Shuttle pilot, he had joined Cirrus as a test pilot in November 1995.Ĭirrus had announced plans to develop a replacement wing for some 28 VK30 kits supplied to customers between 19, when the company discontinued production to concentrate on certification of its SR20 light aircraft. Overmyer was conducting full-flap stall tests of a VK30 prototype equipped with a new wing when the crash occurred near Duluth International Airport, Minnesota. Decade of Airline Excellence Awards 2020įormer US astronaut Robert Overmyer was killed on 22 March while flight-testing a Cirrus Design VK30 kitplane.