The company traced its lineage to Teratorn Aircraft, which was formed in 1976 in Clear Lake, Iowa, and which introduced the Teratorn Tierra and Teratorn Tierra II aircraft designs in 1983. When Teratorn went out of business in about 1989, the Tierra designs were put back into production by Golden Circle Air of De Soto, Iowa, as the Golden Circle Air T-Bird line. Golden Circle Air went out of business in about 2006, and Indy Aircraft was formed to provide parts for the existing fleet. In 2011 the company restored the T-Bird and T-Bird II to production. More than 1500 Tierra/T-Bird Is and 2500 Tierra II/T-Bird IIs have been constructed by all manufacturers of the types in total.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
The company's website was taken down some time after September 2021 and the company seems to have gone out of business.[16]
In 2021, Matt Shubat incorporated Tbird Aircraft, LLC, and subsequently acquired the T-Bird rights and resources of Indy Aircraft. The new company offers new kits and parts for the T-Bird I and II, refurbishing of old kits, and are developing a new design, the Tbird TU, to conform to FAR Part 103 requirements.[17][18]
^Indy Aircraft (October 15, 2022). . indyaircraftltd.net. Archived from the original on September 21, 2021. Retrieved October 27, 2022.
^Johnson, Dan: "Oshkosh 2022 – Day 0… T-Bird is Back; Two-Seat Aerolite; and More As the Show Prepares to Open," July 25, 2022, ByDanJohnson.com, retrieved June 20, 2023
^"Tbird Aircraft LLC," OpenCorporates.com, retrieved June 20, 2023
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indy, aircraft, limited, american, aircraft, manufacturer, based, independence, iowa, company, specialized, manufacture, ultralight, aircraft, form, kits, amateur, construction, limitedtypeprivately, held, companyindustryaerospacefounded2006defunctcirca, 2021h. Indy Aircraft Limited was an American aircraft manufacturer based in Independence Iowa The company specialized in the manufacture of ultralight aircraft in the form of kits for amateur construction 1 2 3 Indy Aircraft LimitedTypePrivately held companyIndustryAerospaceFounded2006Defunctcirca 2021HeadquartersIndependence Iowa United StatesProductsKit aircraftThe company traced its lineage to Teratorn Aircraft which was formed in 1976 in Clear Lake Iowa and which introduced the Teratorn Tierra and Teratorn Tierra II aircraft designs in 1983 When Teratorn went out of business in about 1989 the Tierra designs were put back into production by Golden Circle Air of De Soto Iowa as the Golden Circle Air T Bird line Golden Circle Air went out of business in about 2006 and Indy Aircraft was formed to provide parts for the existing fleet In 2011 the company restored the T Bird and T Bird II to production More than 1500 Tierra T Bird Is and 2500 Tierra II T Bird IIs have been constructed by all manufacturers of the types in total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Indy Aircraft put the T Bird I and T Bird II back into production but not the Golden Circle Air three seat T Bird III or the tandem seat T Bird Tandem TBT06 At one time the company indicated it had plans to have its aircraft approved for the American light sport aircraft category but as of April 2017 neither of its types had been accepted by the US Federal Aviation Administration as Special Light Sport Aircraft 13 14 15 The company s website was taken down some time after September 2021 and the company seems to have gone out of business 16 In 2021 Matt Shubat incorporated Tbird Aircraft LLC and subsequently acquired the T Bird rights and resources of Indy Aircraft The new company offers new kits and parts for the T Bird I and II refurbishing of old kits and are developing a new design the Tbird TU to conform to FAR Part 103 requirements 17 18 Aircraft editSummary of aircraft built by Indy Aircraft Model name First flight Number built TypeIndy T Bird I 1983 more than 1500 Tierras and T Birds Single seat kit aircraftIndy T Bird II 1983 more than 2500 Tierra IIs and T Bird IIs Two seat kit aircraftReferences edit a b Vandermeullen Richard 2011 Kit Aircraft Buyer s Guide Kitplanes Volume 28 Number 12 December 2011 page 56 Belvoir Publications ISSN 0891 1851 a b Bayerl Robby Martin Berkemeier et al World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011 12 page 61 WDLA UK Lancaster UK 2011 ISSN 1368 485X a b Tacke Willi Marino Boric et al World Directory of Light Aviation 2015 16 page 63 Flying Pages Europe SARL 2015 ISSN 1368 485X Cliche Andre Ultralight Aircraft Shopper s Guide 8th Edition pages B 60 and B 106 Cybair Limited Publishing 2001 ISBN 0 9680628 1 4 Pilot Mix Golden Circle Air Inc T Bird I Retrieved January 22 2011 Purdy Don AeroCrafter Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook page 168 169 BAI Communications ISBN 0 9636409 4 1 Bertrand Noel Rene Coulon et al World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003 04 page 142 Pagefast Ltd Lancaster OK 2003 ISSN 1368 485X Downey Julia 1999 Kit Aircraft Directory Kitplanes Volume 15 Number 12 December 1998 page 50 Primedia Publications ISSN 0891 1851 Downey Julia 2001 Kit Aircraft Directory Kitplanes Volume 17 Number 12 December 2000 page 54 Kitplanes Acquisition Company ISSN 0891 1851 Downey Julia 2002 Kit Aircraft Directory Kitplanes Volume 18 Number 12 December 2001 page 43 Kitplanes Acquisition Company ISSN 0891 1851 Newby Gonzalez Tori 2004 Kit Aircraft Directory Kitplanes Volume 20 Number 12 December 2003 page 59 Belvoir Publications ISSN 0891 1851 Downey Julia 2005 Kit Aircraft Directory Kitplanes Volume 21 Number 12 December 2004 page 61 Belvoir Publications ISSN 0891 1851 Indy Aircraft Products Retrieved February 17 2015 Indy Aircraft Product FAQ Retrieved February 17 2015 Federal Aviation Administration March 1 2017 SLSA Make Model Directory Retrieved April 10 2017 Indy Aircraft October 15 2022 Welcome to Indy Aircraft Ltd indyaircraftltd net Archived from the original on September 21 2021 Retrieved October 27 2022 Johnson Dan Oshkosh 2022 Day 0 T Bird is Back Two Seat Aerolite and More As the Show Prepares to Open July 25 2022 ByDanJohnson com retrieved June 20 2023 Tbird Aircraft LLC OpenCorporates com retrieved June 20 2023External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Teratorn Aircraft Official website archives on archive org Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Indy Aircraft amp oldid 1161066299, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
