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