Mooney International Corporation
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The Mooney International Corporation (formerly Mooney Aviation Company, Inc. and the Mooney Aircraft Company) is an American aircraft manufacturer based in Kerrville, Texas, United States. It manufactures single-engined piston-powered general aviation aircraft.
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Company type | Privately held company[1] |
Industry | General aviation |
Founded | 1929 (1929) |
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Headquarters | , United States |
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Owner | US Financial, LLC[2] |
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Website | www |
Through its history the company has had many American owners and subsequent bankruptcies. Mooney International was purchased in 2013 by a Chinese private equity, real-estate development company, the Meijing Group[3] who ran it until 2020, when it was purchased by a group of Mooney aircraft owners under US Financial, LLC of Wyoming.[2]
Among Mooney's achievements are: the first pressurized single-engined, piston-powered aircraft, the M22 Mustang, production of the fastest civilian single-engine piston-powered aircraft in the world, the M20TN Acclaim Type S, the first production aircraft to achieve 201 mph (323 km/h) on 200 hp (150 kW), the M20J 201 and the fastest transcontinental flight in a single-engine piston-powered production aircraft, the M20K 231.
Many Mooney aircraft have the signature vertical stabilizer with its vertical leading edge and swept trailing edge that gives the illusion of being forward-swept.