Farrington Aircraft Explained

Farrington Aircraft Corporation
Type:Privately held company
Fate:Wound up after death of founder
Founder:Don Farrington
Defunct:2000
Hq Location City:Paducah, Kentucky
Hq Location Country:United States
Industry:Aerospace
Products:Kit aircraft

The Farrington Aircraft Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer founded by Don Farrington and based in Paducah, Kentucky. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of autogyros in the form of kits for amateur construction.[1]

The company produced the open-cockpit, two-seat Farrington Twinstar, selling 25 kits, of which about 12 were completed and flown.[1] [2] The Farrington 18A was a kit version of the Air & Space 18A production autogyro, of which 20 were completed and flown.[1]

Don Farrington died on 23 April 2000 following an accident with the Air & Space 18A gyroplane he was flying on 13 April 2000 and subsequently the company was wound up.[3]

Aircraft

+ align=center style="background:#BFD7FF"Summary of aircraft built by Farrington Aircraft
Model nameFirst flightNumber builtType
Farrington Twinstarlate 1990s12Two seat open-cockpit autogyro
Farrington 18A20Two seat enclosed-cockpit autogyro

Notes and References

  1. Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition, page 323. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998.
  2. Web site: Make / Model Inquiry Results. 27 March 2015. Federal Aviation Administration. 27 March 2015. April 2, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402134049/http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/AcftRef_results.aspx?Mfrtxt=&Modeltxt=TWINSTAR&PageNo=1. dead.
  3. Web site: MIA00LA133. National Transportation Safety Board. 27 March 2015.