1. Hello UMD from Cirrus Aircraft

2. Brief History of Cirrus
Cirrus founded in 1984
Began development of the VK-30 in 1988
Began development of ST50 in 1992
1996 – First SR20 flight - Prototype
1st SR20 delivered in 1999
1st SR22 delivered in 2001
Production reaches 2/day in 2002
Production reaches 12/week in 2004
Production reaches 16/week in 2006
Cirrus Vision “SF50” introduced June 2007
1984 – Cirrus Design Corporation was founded by two brothers, Alan & Dale Klapmeier.
Alan and Dale started in their family barn in Baraboo, Wisconsin.
VK-30: Development of their first aircraft (This was a kit plane that people could buy and build themselves)
ST50: Developed for an Israeli company. Was a turbo prop (turbine engine driving a propeller) (Israviation ran out of money. ST50 never made production)
Moves
Had planned to go to Grand Forks, North Dakota
Aviation industry had a history of failure – Grand Forks was nervous.
Gary Doty (former Mayor, Duluth) – “If Grand Forks falls through, I want you in Duluth!”
Moved to Duluth - Started Research & Development (R&D) for the SR series
1999 – First SR20 delivery – Walt Connely, White Bear Lake, Minnesota.

3. VK30 Kit plane 4-Passenger
ST50 Designed for Israviation 5-Passenger
Models
VK30 - Baraboo, kit plane (buy and build yourself)
4 passenger
Very futuristic for it’s time
ST50 – Duluth, meant for production
Design and execution by Cirrus Design under contract for Israeli Air Industries
Five passenger (business class aircraft – huge/wide!)
Turbo-prop (jet engine turning a propeller)
Israviation
Paid us to design/test fly/prove the aircraft
We then took it apart, put it in a crate & shipped it to Israel
Israviation never certified it – as they underestimated their costs & ran out of money
We eventually bought the design back

4. Cirrus Product Line

5. Cirrus Facilities Total all locations: 435,372 sq ft
Duluth Production Facility
195, 201 sq/ft
Minnesota:
Duluth Production Facility
Built in 1993
Expansions in 1997 & 2006
Total sq/ft 195,201
Office – 35,886 sq ft
Production – 15,315 sq ft
Total all locations: 435,372 sq ft
Duluth Customer Center
70,671 sq/ft
Duluth Customer Center
Built in 2002
Total sq/ft 70,671
Office – 20,754 sq ft
Production – 49,917 sq ft
Grand Forks Facility
169,500 sq/ft
North Dakota:
Grand Forks Facility
Built in 1997
Expansion in 2006
Total sq/ft 169,486
Office – 10,050 sq ft
Production – 159, 436 sq ft

6. The Only Certified Aircraft with a Parachute
Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS™)
Safety System for Use in Life-threatening Situations
80 Lives Saved
As of November 2013

7. January 7, 2012: Andros Island, Bahamas

8. Worldwide Service and Support
192 Service Centers Worldwide
145 Domestic - 47 International

9. Foreign Certification – Allows Cirrus to export to these countries
Argentina - Australia - Austria - Bangladesh - Belgium - Brazil - Bulgaria - Canada - Chile - China Columbia - Croatia - Cyprus - Czech Republic - Denmark - Estonia - Finland - France - Germany Greece - Guatemala - Hungary - Iceland - India - Indonesia - Ireland - Israel - Italy – Japan Korea - Latvia - Liechtenstein - Lithuania - Luxemburg - Malawi - Malaysia - Malta - Mexico Morocco - Namibia - New Zealand - Norway - Panama - Philippines - Poland - Portugal Romania - Russia - S. Africa - San Marino - Singapore - Slovak Republic - Slovenia - Spain Sweden - Switzerland - Taiwan - Thailand - Netherlands - Tunisia - Turkey - UAE - United Kingdom - Venezuela

10. International Shipping Process
Reassembly centers in China and Australia
Containerized shipping is used to deliver aircraft overseas.
Aircraft is certified here in Duluth, then disassembled and loaded into a shipping container.
Aircraft are then reassembled and tested at one of three reassembly centers (England, Australia, or china) with plans to expand to more reassembly centers.

11. Cirrus Employment Opportunities
Currently hiring for jet manufacturing
Summer Internships – apply on-line
About 20% of prior interns got F.T. offers
Cirrus has UMD grads in Engineering, Accounting, H.R. Quality Assurance, Marketing, I.T., Sales, etc.
About 20% of past hires were new grads
Some International Job Opportunities too
Unique Benefit = Cirrus Flying Club
For your safety & the quality of our product