Pacific Aerospace
| Pacific Aerospace Ltd
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| legal form | Limited |
| founding | 1982 |
| Seat | Hamilton , New Zealand |
| Number of employees | over 150 |
| Branch | Aircraft construction |
| Website | www.aerospace.co.nz |
The Pacific Aerospace Ltd. (PAL) is an aircraft manufacturer in Hamilton , New Zealand . Together with its predecessors, over 600 multi-purpose, training and agricultural aircraft have been produced to date.
history
Pacific Aerospace was created through the merger of two companies, Air Parts (NZ) Ltd. and Aero Engine Services Ltd. educated. The Air Parts Ltd imported from the mid-1950s, Fletcher FD-25 as kits and began in 1965 with the production of a significantly modified version, the PAC Fletcher . The Aero Engine Services Ltd. led maintenance work and took over not only the production of Victa Airtourer , a light touring aircraft, but developed it in the early 1970s, a military trainer aircraft , the PAC CT / 4 Airtrainer . The two companies merged in 1973 to form New Zealand Aerospace Industry , and in 1982 they were renamed Pacific Aerospace Corporation .
Shortly afterwards, PAC won supply contracts from Boeing and Airbus . PAC continued the work started as NZAI on a replacement for the Fletcher, the PAC Cresco , and developed it as a multi-purpose and parachute jumper dropping aircraft. A new multi-purpose aircraft, the PAC P-750 XSTOL, was then developed, which flew for the first time in 2001. The company also continued the small-series production of the CT / 4, which began 30 years ago.
In September 2005, an American company ordered 12 PAC P-750s, leading to controversy over government support for Pacific Aerospace.
In 2006, a consortium of aerospace professionals bought the company's assets and Pacific Aerospace Corporation became Pacific Aerospace Limited .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Pacific Aerospace Ltd, "Company History"
- ^ Daniels, Chris: Plane maker hits turbulence . In: The New Zealand Herald , September 24, 2005. Retrieved November 1, 2011.