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Velocity, Inc. is an American kit aircraft manufacturer. The company was founded in 1984 by Danny Maher, marketing a four-seat homebuilt aircraft based on the Long-EZ design. The first prototype flew in 1985. The company was sold to Scott and Duane Swing in 1992. In 1995, the cockpit design was changed, adding a gull wing door design. [1]
Gear retraction of a Velocity on takeoff. The Velocity XL is 12 in (310 mm) longer and has a 20 in (510 mm) greater span than the SE. [3] The standard XL has a cruising range of 875 nautical miles (1,620 km; 1,007 mi) and a 75% power cruising speed of 185 knots (213 mph; 343 km/h) air speed.
The Velocity Model 173 SE (Standard Elite) is an entry-level canard pusher aircraft from Velocity Aircraft. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The four seat, rear engine aircraft may be powered by a 160 hp (120 kW) Lycoming IO-320 or a 200 hp (150 kW) Lycoming IO-360 engine.
DeltaHawk Engines, Inc. is an American aircraft engine manufacturer. The company builds Diesel and Jet-A-fuelled engines for general aviation aircraft. [1]DeltaHawk engines have been tested in a Velocity RG homebuilt aircraft, an Australian Delta D2 helicopter and retrofitted in a Cirrus SR20 certified aircraft. [2]
Honeywell also partners with General Electric Aircraft Engines in a company called CFE Corporation that develops the CFE738 series, a 6,000 pound thrust engine. [34] [35] The TFE731 family of turbofan aircraft engines have accumulated nearly 90 million service hours in aircraft since 1972. There are more than 8,500 TFE engines in service on ...
The company was sold in 2000 and, while still located in Vernon, changed its name to GSC Systems in 2004. [11] [12] In the late 1990s ASAP decided to develop a line of aluminum-framed powered parachutes. These were developed and manufactured in-house at ASAP, but marketed by a separate division, Summit Powered Parachutes International.
TWC Aviation, Inc. was an international business aviation company with operations centers at San Jose International Airport, in San Jose, California, Van Nuys Airport in Los Angeles, and Westchester County Airport, in White Plains, New York. It was a subsidiary Landmark Aviation. [1] [2]
The company was founded by Ira Allen Eichner in 1951, to supply radios and other equipment to the commercial aviation industry. [5] I.A. Allen Industrial was incorporated in 1955, renamed Allen Aircraft Radio (AAR) in 1962, and became AAR CORP. in 1970. [5] Also, in 1969, AAR began its aircraft maintenance business in Oklahoma City.