The
Cirrus Aircraft 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.
The company is currently owned by
China Aviation Industry
General Aircraft (CAIGA),
itself majority owned by
Aviation Industry
Corporation of China (AVIC),
which is in turn wholly
owned by the Government of
the People's Republic of
China.
The
company markets several
versions of its three
certificated models, the
SR20, SR22 and SR22T. The
company 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.
Cirrus
Aircraft has its headquarters and
main manufacturing facility in
Duluth, Minnesota. An additional
manufacturing facility is located in
Grand Forks, North Dakota. The Grand
Forks facility is owned by the city
of Grand Forks and leased to the
company. It has provided work
for as many as 330 employees, but as
of May 2013 employed approximately
90 people.
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