One Aviation

One Aviation
Private
Industry Aerospace
Founded 2015
Headquarters Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Key people
 Alan Klapmeier (CEO)
Mason Holland (Chairman)
Ken Ross (President)[1]
Products Eclipse 550, Kestrel K-350
Divisions Eclipse Aerospace and Kestrel Aircraft
Website www.oneaviation.aero
Eclipse 550 twin engine VLJ

The One Aviation Corporation, stylized as ONE Aviation, is a company formed in 2015 to merge the aircraft manufacturers Eclipse Aerospace and Kestrel Aircraft.[2] It was announced on 15 April 2015 at the AERO Friedrichshafen aviation trade show.[1][3]

Alan Klapmeier, the former CEO of Kestrel, and before that, Cirrus Aircraft, was named as the first CEO of One Aviation.[2][4]

The new company initially produced the Eclipse 550, which had been in production at Eclipse Aerospace, and intends to complete certification of the Kestrel K-350.[3] In March 2017 the company announced that Eclipse 550 production would end to concentrate production on the new "Canada" model of the aircraft.[5]

The company has a unified management and business operation along with a single supply system and marketing and sales team, but the two previous manufacturing lines continue at their current locations: Albuquerque, New Mexico and Chicago, Illinois for the Eclipse, and Superior, Wisconsin and Brunswick, Maine for the Kestrel.[3]

Aircraft

Summary of aircraft built by One Aviation
Model name First flight Number built Type
Eclipse 550 March 2013 6 as of April 2014 Six seat, twin-engine jet
Kestrel K-350 29 July 2006 1 proof-of-concept as of April 2015 Six seat, single-engine turboprop

References

  1. 1 2 Grady, Mary (15 April 2015). "Kestrel And Eclipse Join Forces". AVweb. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  2. 1 2 Haines, Thomas B. (15 April 2015). "Eclipse, Kestrel Merge to Form ONE". AOPA. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 Bergqvist, Pia (16 April 2015). "Eclipse and Kestrel Join as ONE Aviation". Flying. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Eclipse and Kestrel unite to form ONE Aviation". General Aviation News. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  5. ↑ Niles, Russ (12 March 2017). "Eclipse To End 550 Production". AVweb. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
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