Performance Aircraft was an American aircraft manufacturer based in Olathe, Kansas. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of light aircraft in the form of kits for amateur construction.Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition, page 355. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998.
The company was formed in 1995 with designer Jeff Ackland as president. It produced two all-composite construction designs, the two-seats in side-by-side configuration Performance Aircraft Formula GT and the tandem-seat Performance Aircraft Legend and Turbine Legend.
Performance Aircraft was sold to a new company, Legend Aircraft, in 2002 and Ackland created his own new company, Midwest Aerosport, to continue development of the Formula GT.
Aircraft
Summary of aircraft built by Performance Aircraft Model name First flight Number built Type Performance Aircraft Legend Two seat homebuilt aircraft Performance Aircraft Formula GT at least one Two seat homebuilt aircraft
References
External links Company website archives on Archive.org