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.Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition, page 209. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. Downey, Julia: 1999 Plans Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 16, Number 1, January 1999, pages 63-64. Primedia Publications. ISSN 0891-1851Downey, Julia: 2001 Plans Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 18, Number 1, January 2001, page 25. Kitplanes Acquisition Company. ISSN 0891-1851Downey, Julia: 2002 Plans Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 19, Number 1, January 2002, page 25. Kitplanes Acquisition Company. ISSN 0891-1851Downey, Julia: 2003 Plans Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 20, Number 1, January 2003, page 24. Primedia Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
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.
The company was originally located in Tucson, Arizona and later relocated to Prescott Valley, Arizona.
Aircraft
Aircraft built by Mirage Aircraft Corporation Model name First flight Number built Type Mirage Celerity 1985 4 Two seat, retractable conventional landing gear, homebuilt aircraft Mirage Marathon 1 Two seat, fixed tricycle landing gear, homebuilt aircraft
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