Farrington 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]

Farrington Aircraft Corporation

Company type	Privately held company
Industry	Aerospace
Founder	Don Farrington
Defunct	2000
Fate	Wound up after death of founder
Headquarters	Paducah, Kentucky , United States
Products	Kit aircraft

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

Summary of aircraft built by Farrington Aircraft

Model name	First flight	Number built	Type
Farrington Twinstar	late 1990s	12	Two seat open-cockpit autogyro
Farrington 18A		20	Two seat enclosed-cockpit autogyro