ICON Aircraft
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ICON Aircraft, Inc. is a privately held aircraft manufacturing company headquartered in Vacaville, California, United States. It was founded in 2006 by two Stanford graduates, aviator Kirk Hawkins and product designer Steen Strand, to develop and certify the ICON A5 amphibious light sport aircraft (LSA). The aircraft entered production in 2016. ICON is known for having brought significant excitement and publicity to the LSA industry since the A5's debut in 2008, although legal, financial and developmental issues, as well as a string of early accidents, have slowed company production and growth since 2016. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in April of 2024.
Company type | Private |
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Industry | Aviation |
Founded | 2006;[1] in Los Angeles, California, United States |
Founders | Kirk Hawkins Steen Strand |
Headquarters | Vacaville, California, United States |
Key people | Jerry Meyer (interim CEO from 2022) Jason Huang (President from 2020) Thomas Wieners (President and COO from 2018–2020) Kirk Hawkins (CEO from 2006–2018) Rich Bridge (Vice President of Finance) Mike Farley (Vice President of Global Sales)[2] |
Products | Light-sport aircraft |
Number of employees | 200+ (2018) |
Website | www |