Mirage Aircraft Corporation

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Mirage Aircraft Corporation
Type Privately held company
Industry Aerospace
Headquarters,
Products Homebuilt aircraft plans
Website mirage-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]

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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

Aircraft built by Mirage Aircraft Corporation
Model nameFirst flightNumber builtType
Mirage Celerity 19854 [10] Two seat, retractable conventional landing gear, homebuilt aircraft
Mirage Marathon 1 [11] Two seat, fixed tricycle landing gear, homebuilt aircraft

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References

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  2. 1 2 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
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  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.