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Mirage Aircraft Corporation

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Mirage Aircraft Corporation
Company typePrivately held company
IndustryAerospace
Headquarters,
ProductsHomebuilt aircraft plans
Websitemirage-aircraft.net

Mirage Aircraft Corporation is an American aircraft manufacturer based in Prescott Valley, Arizona. The company specializes in the provision of homebuilt aircraft plans for amateur construction.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

The company markets plans for the Mirage Celerity that was designed by Larry Burton and first flown in 1985. Burton died suddenly of a heart attack in 1994 and Mirage Aircraft continued the sale of his aircraft design. Kits for the Celerity and the fixed gear Mirage Marathon variant are provided by Aircraft Spruce & Specialty Co.[1][7][8][9]

The company was originally located in Tucson, Arizona and later relocated to Prescott Valley, Arizona.[1][2]

Aircraft

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Aircraft built by Mirage Aircraft Corporation
Model name First flight Number built Type
Mirage Celerity 1985 4[10] Two seat, retractable conventional landing gear, homebuilt aircraft
Mirage Marathon 1[11] Two seat, fixed tricycle landing gear, homebuilt aircraft

References

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  1. ^ a b c Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition, page 209. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. ISBN 0-9636409-4-1
  2. ^ a b Mirage Aircraft Corporation (n.d.). "Contact". Retrieved September 1, 2014.
  3. ^ Downey, Julia: 1999 Plans Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 16, Number 1, January 1999, pages 63-64. Primedia Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
  4. ^ Downey, Julia: 2001 Plans Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 18, Number 1, January 2001, page 25. Kitplanes Acquisition Company. ISSN 0891-1851
  5. ^ Downey, Julia: 2002 Plans Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 19, Number 1, January 2002, page 25. Kitplanes Acquisition Company. ISSN 0891-1851
  6. ^ Downey, Julia: 2003 Plans Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 20, Number 1, January 2003, page 24. Primedia Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
  7. ^ Aircraft Spruce & Specialty Co (2014). "Celerity". Retrieved September 1, 2014.
  8. ^ Mirage Aircraft Corporation (2010). "Fast with class!". Retrieved September 1, 2014.
  9. ^ Mirage Aircraft Corporation (n.d.). "Celerity". Retrieved September 1, 2014.
  10. ^ Federal Aviation Administration (September 1, 2014). "Celerity Make/Model Inquiry Results". Retrieved September 1, 2014.
  11. ^ Federal Aviation Administration (September 1, 2014). "Marathon Make/Model Inquiry Results". Retrieved September 1, 2014.
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