Pacific Aerospace

Pacific Aerospace

Infobox Company
company_name = Pacific Aerospace Ltd.
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foundation = 1982
location = flagicon|NZ Hamilton, New Zealand
area_served = Worldwide
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industry = Aerospace
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homepage = [http://www.aerospace.co.nz/ www.aerospace.co.nz]

Pacific Aerospace Corporation (PAC) is an aircraft manufacturing company based in Hamilton, New Zealand. Along with its predecessors, it has produced around 600 utility, training and agricultural aircraft. [ [http://www.marketnewzealand.com/MNZ/Profiler/20/6830/Pacific-Aerospace-Limited.aspx Market New Zealand, "Pacific Aerospace Ltd"] ]

History

Pacific Aerospace Corporation was formed from two companies, Air Parts (NZ) Ltd and Aero Engine Services Ltd. Air Parts imported PAC Fletchers in kit form in the mid-1950s and began manufacturing in 1965. Aero Engine Services Ltd diversified from maintenance work into taking over production of the Victa Airtourer, a light aircraft it developed into a military trainer, the PAC CT/4 in the early 1970s. The two firms joined in 1973 as New Zealand Aerospace Industries, which became Pacific Aerospace in 1982. [http://www.aerospace.co.nz/company.html Pacific Aerospace Ltd, "Company History"] ]

Shortly afterward, Pacific Aerospace won contracts to provide components to Boeing and Airbus. Pacific Aerospace took over NZAI's work on a replacement for the Fletcher, which became the PAC Cresco and has in turn developed this into utility and skydiving variants. A new utility aircraft, the PAC 750XL, first flew in 2001. The company has also continued low-level CT4 production for over 30 years.repeat]

In September 2005 an American firm's order for 12 PAC 750s was dishonoured, leading to controversy about government assistance to Pacific Aerospace. [ [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/organisation/story.cfm?o_id=600555&ObjectID=10347100 "Plane maker hits turbulence", New Zealand Herald] 24 September 2005]

List of Aircraft

* PAC CT/4 Airtrainer - (1972) Single-engine two-seat (side-by-side) low-wing monoplane with fixed tricycle undercarriage. Piston-engined military basic trainer

* PAC Fletcher - (1954) Single-engine two-seat (side-by-side) low-wing monoplane with fixed tricycle undercarriage. Piston-engined aerial-application aircraft

* PAC Cresco - (early 1980s) Single-engine low-wing monoplane with fixed tricycle undercarriage. Turboprop-engined aerial application aircraft

* PAC 750XL - (2001) Single-engine low-wing monoplane passenger transport with fixed tricycle undercarriage. Turboprop parachute drop/utility/aerial application aircraft

References

External links

* [http://www.aerospace.co.nz Pacific Aerospace Homepage]


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