American Affordable Aircraft

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American Affordable Aircraft was a firm based in Port Orange, Florida and prior to that in Daytona Beach, that marketed plans for a home-built aircraft, the AAA Vision. [1]

Port Orange, Florida City in Florida, United States

Port Orange is a city in Volusia County, Florida, United States. The city's estimated population was 57,203 in 2013. The city is part of the Deltona–Daytona Beach–Ormond Beach metropolitan area; the metropolitan area's population in 2010 was 590,289. Port Orange is a principal city in the Fun Coast region of the state of Florida.

The company appears to have gone out of business in about 2010. [2]

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References

  1. Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition, page 115. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. ISBN   0-9636409-4-1
  2. Archive.org, Company website archives, retrieved 11 December 2013