GippsAero

GippsAero (formerly Gippsland Aeronautics ) is an Australian aircraft manufacturer. The company builds single-engined Nutzflugzeuge and is part of the Indian conglomerate Mahindra Group.

History

Gippsland Aeronautics was founded by Peter Furlong and George Morgan, began operation at the Latrobe Regional Airport in Morwell in the 1970s as a company for aircraft maintenance and modification or conversion to. The company worked for large organizations such as the National Safety Council of Australia and Esso Australia as well as local commercial airline service provider. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, Peter Furlong and John Brown were pilots, aircraft designers, fabricators and maintenance personnel for the Latrobe Valley Aircraft Club and the Ultralight Club of Australia.

After you could gain experience in maintenance and refurbishment of aircraft in nearly two decades, it was decided to design their own aircraft - the Gippsland GA200, an agricultural aircraft based on the Piper PA- 25th Other aircraft models followed.

2008 GippAero acquired the production rights to the built until 1988 GAF Nomad and intends to revise the draft and produce as GA18 from 2015.

In December 2009, Mahindra Group of India acquired a 75.1 % stake.

Products

• GA200 Fatman - two-seat agricultural aircraft
• GA8 Airvan - eight -seat multi- purpose aircraft
• GA10 Airvan - stretched version of the GA8 for ten people
• GA18 - revised version of the GAF Nomad, is to be built from 2015