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Cirrus Aircraft To Build Facility In
Knoxville,
Tennessee |
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May 8, 2015 - During a special ceremony on
Wednesday, at McGhee Tyson
Airport in
Knoxville,
Tennessee, Cirrus Aircraft Co-Founder and CEO
Dale Klapmeier joined Tennessee Governor Bill
Haslam and announced the expansion of Cirrus
Aircraft to Knoxville
with the new
Vision Center.
This
Cirrus
Customer
Experience
Center will be the central
location for all Cirrus Aircraft pilot, owner
and customer activities. This will also include
sales, delivery, training, maintenance, support,
personalization, fixed base operations and more
for all Cirrus airplanes concentrating around
the new Vision SF50 single-engine personal jet.
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The
Vision
Center will be the
location for factory direct type rating training
from Cirrus Aircraft. A key component of the
SF50 training curriculum at the Vision Center
is a Level D, full-motion flight simulator
currently under development at CAE. This
full flight simulator will be the cornerstone in
Vision SF50 type rating training and annual
recurrent training. In addition to factory
direct training, the
Vision
Center will provide
support for the new Vision SF50 and more than
6,000 SR aircraft.
A design center will allow customers to
personalize new and current aircraft. Research
and development (R&D) as well as manufacturing
operations for Cirrus Aircraft will remain in Duluth, Minnesota.
All aircraft will continue to be produced at
company facilities in Grand Forks, North Dakota
and
Duluth.
The selection of Knoxville
for the home of the
Vision
Center was the result of a
thorough site evaluation process that included
more than 15 states and 30 airport locations.
McGhee Tyson Airport
rose to the top and became Cirrus’ choice with
the combination of a convenient location to the
connected Cirrus owner base in
North America, unique airport and
area amenities, favorable weather and, most
importantly, a welcoming community for Cirrus
Aircraft employees and their families. Todd
Simmons, Cirrus Aircraft Chief Customer Officer,
will lead the Cirrus Aircraft Team at the new
home for all Cirrus Aircraft customer activities
and operations. |
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