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million in lost profits and out-of-pocket expenses. Cirrus, which was under the leadership of Dale at the time, appealed the verdict and the state Court of Appeals overturned the ruling in a 2-1 decision, stating that the calculation of damages was "too speculative" and failed to demonstrate the amount to a "reasonable degree of certainty". The Minnesota Supreme Court denied to hear Alan's appeal and the lawsuit ended in December 2015.
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consider letting take over the jet project. Over a month later the attempt failed and Wouters announced that Alan's contract as chairman would not be renewed when it expired at the end of August (a decision Wouters said Alan had known about for "several months" prior). Alan left Cirrus soon after this while Dale stayed with the company.
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Johnston, the company's chief engineer, also known as one of their most gifted designers. After conducting multiple stress-tests on the wing, the first VK-30 prototype was ready to fly. Both Alan and Dale wanted to make the first flight, but their mother would not let them. Jeff Viken knew a test pilot from
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Cirrus eliminated 208 employee positions in the fall of 2008 and cut aircraft production from 14 to 12 aircraft per week in response to the economic situation. In November of that year, the company announced that it would furlough about 500 production employees to allow for reductions in excess stock
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In September 2008, the global sales slump in piston-engined aircraft impacted the company and they laid off 100 workers, 8% of their workforce. This included 79 people at the main plant in Duluth, Minnesota, and 29 employees at the composite construction plant in Grand Forks, North Dakota. After this
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In September 2009, Dale became interim chairman of Cirrus. On 19 September 2011, Cirrus named him the new CEO, and announced that Brent Wouters "is no longer with the company". In April 2012, after more than three years of significant financial struggle, the company informed that its Vision SF50 jet
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On June 26, 2009, Alan announced that he had assembled a team to acquire the aircraft manufacturer's Vision SF50 single-engine jet program from majority owner Arcapita Bank and produce it under a new company. Dale came out in support of his efforts and said that Alan was the only person Cirrus would
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Around this time, the brothers had the roles of Alan traveling around the country looking for investors and raising the capital Cirrus needed to certify the SR20 (known as "Mr. Outside"), and Dale staying back at the factory overseeing operations by keeping the design, testing and production moving
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In the early 1990s, sales of the VK-30 were dwindling down; it became a market failure. By the time they discontinued production in the middle of the decade they had sold and shipped out 40 kits, of which only 13 were finished and flown. Towards the end of 1991, the brothers began to question their
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In March 2014, Alan brought Cirrus to court over a violated non-disparagement clause involving a 2011 interview with former Cirrus CEO Brent Wouters, in which Wouters allegedly criticized Alan's ability to lead a large company during times of "economic downturn". A Minnesota jury awarded Alan $ 10
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model the best-selling general aviation airplane for the 12th year in a row and making Cirrus the world's largest producer of piston-powered aircraft with a nearly 40% market share. The company flew three new Vision SF50 conforming prototypes and employed over 800 people in 2014, having hired more
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airshow in 1987. In 1988, the Cirrus team was gradually beginning to grow with over a dozen employees. That year the Klapmeiers hired two of their most vital employees: Patrick Waddick, Cirrus's current president and chief operating officer (originally hired as an intern sweeping floors), and Paul
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with conventional wings and tail. Alan and Dale moved into the family farmhouse to be closer to the project and began work on the airplane in the basement of the barn "down where the cows were". They all pitched in with the designing and balanced that with hands-on labor. Jeff designed the airfoil
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in 2006 that when he was a baby, the only way his mother could get him to stop crying at times was to bring him to an airport and park the car at the end of the runway so he could watch airplanes; a tradition she continued with Dale soon after his birth as well. The brothers frequently built model
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on April 24, 2010, saying, "Scott was an exemplary pilot and person ... To date, 17 CAPS deployments have saved 35 lives due to Scott's pioneering work." Despite the tragedy, and the Klapmeier brothers losing a close friend and their most talented test pilot, Cirrus fixed the problem that killed
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flipped over and abandoned at an airport in northern Wisconsin. The brothers then bought the plane from its owner with the very little money they had and rebuilt it in the shed at their family farmhouse. This was their first experience working on an aircraft as a self-taught restoration project,
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executive Zean Nielsen had been selected to succeed Dale as its next CEO. By the end of 2019, Cirrus had 1,600 employees and accomplished its best year ever in sales, naming its Vision SF50 the most-delivered general aviation jet for the last two years and introducing its "Safe Return"
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In 2006, Cirrus accomplished all-time record deliveries, celebrating their 3,000th SR-series aircraft off the production line only seven years after deliveries commenced, something that no other aviation company had done in the last half-century. Thirty-five special edition
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pilot and "Renaissance man" who was known as a beloved and charismatic figure in Duluth, successfully made the first deployment of CAPS, and would go on to make all eight of the inflight test-deployments for development and certification of the SR20. The airplane became
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and flip a switch that would deploy the chutes when the barrels reached nearly 200 mph. The parachutes failed to deploy on multiple drop-tests before properly functioning. By the summer of 1998, they were ready to try the tests with an actual SR20. Chief test pilot
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and achieving the brothers' lifelong dream. Cirrus had more than 600 employees then; two years later that number would reach to just over 1,000. The company was quickly expanding. Success for the Klapmeier brothers continued when they received the prestigious 2004
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and resulting lack of demand for Cirrus aircraft, the company was moving to a three-day work week. He reported that sales were down 10% over the same period in the previous year. Compared to the industry average in that same period, sales were down 16%.
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used in the VK-30. The ST-50 prototype was first flown on December 7, 1994. During the beginning of that year, Alan and Dale moved the company from their headquarters in Baraboo to a 30,000-square-foot research and development facility in
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and managed the shop for many years since its founding in 1997; their uncle, Jim Klapmeier, and grandfather, Elmer Klapmeier, were both entrepreneurs in the boat manufacturing industry and started as a two-person company building
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During the three decades they worked together professionally, Alan was known as the more talkative, risk-taking "dreamer" out of the two, whereas Dale was known as the more taciturn, hands-on "practical one". Described by the
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Alan was married to Sara Dougherty from 2002 until their divorce in 2016. Together with his first wife, Patti Graves, whom he was married to from 1987 to 1999, he has two daughters: Kathryn (born 1989) and Sarah (born 1993).
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noted in 2012 that the only way the Klapmeier brothers' parents would lend them the money to buy a Glasair was if they wrote up a business plan explaining why constructing a homebuilt would further their professional lives.
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in 2009 that, "The difference between the two of us is that Alan is a dreamer, and he's extremely aggressive in what he wants. I'm far more conservative than he is, and I've always loved the hands-on stuff"; and Alan told
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On 28 October 2016, Cirrus received type certification for the SF50, making it the first single-engine civilian jet to become certified with the FAA. Deliveries began in December 2016. In June 2018, Dale accepted the
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On 19 December 2018, it was made public that Dale will step down as CEO sometime in the first-half of 2019 and transition into a senior advisory role for the company. On 4 June 2019, Cirrus announced that former
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as a standard on all its models—designed to lower the airplane (and occupants) safely to the ground in case of an emergency. The device is attributed with saving over 200 lives to date. From the brothers' use of
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On December 18, 2008, it was made public that chief operating officer Brent Wouters would replace Alan as CEO effective February 1, 2009. Alan continued as chairman of the board with Dale as vice-chairman.
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throughout the 1950s and early 1960s. Elmer ran a second business flying a "puddle jumper" plane around Wisconsin delivering parts to dairy farmers, while Jim later moved the boat project to a facility in
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named Jim Patton, who made the first test flight on February 11, 1988. They sold their first few kits at EAA AirVenture later that same year. Jeff and Sally Viken left the company shortly thereafter.
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as Alan being "the thinker" and Dale "the tinkerer", many say this is partly what made the duo so successful—Alan would come up with creative ideas and Dale would figure out how to get them done.
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at age 17 as a way of receiving more affordable flying lessons. In his youth he often spoke about how he and his younger brother would one day design and build aircraft that would compete with
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SR22s were released that same year. They were entitled "Signature Editions", and came with several additional features including the signatures of both Alan and Dale imprinted on the plane's
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on the horizon and wished that they were flying. Once they started the company, the Klapmeiers called upon Alan's former college roommate, Jeff Viken, to help out with their new design: the
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Alan and Dale are two of three children born to Larry and Carol Klapmeier. They come from an entrepreneurial family. The eldest brother, Ernie Klapmeier, opened his own accessory store of
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as he put the first production SR20 through torture-test maneuvers before it went on sale. The plane Anderson was flying had an aileron jam and was not yet equipped with the standard
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indirectly mentioned the Klapmeier brothers, calling them and Cirrus "a great success story". The Klapmeiers have also been praised for their efforts by former Minnesota Governor
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For much of the 2000s, Alan was part-owner of Bluewater Yachts, a central-Minnesota boat manufacturing company that the brothers' uncle founded in the 1970s, with the slogan "
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than 300 of them in the past three years. In May 2015, Dale and chief customer officer Todd Simmons announced that Cirrus will be expanding to an additional facility in
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on behalf of Cirrus and the Vision Jet team. The trophy is awarded for "the greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in America" during the preceding year.
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with degrees in business administration and economics. He once said that his fall-back plan was to become a banker had their early career in aviation never succeeded.
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while Sally designed the flap system. The four of them would finish designing a part or a system, build it, and return to designing. Experimental aircraft innovator
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There have been reports of a bitter personal falling-out between the brothers that occurred around the time of Alan's departure from Cirrus in 2009. Alan told the
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The first SR20 prototype made its maiden flight on March 21, 1995. The following year, the company broke ground on a 67,500-square-foot manufacturing facility in
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was that it had to be an airplane that Patricia "would want to fly in more than drive", which helped change the direction of the company in the 1990s.
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and aluminum component designer by the name of Dennis Schlieckau. They then borrowed money from friends and family in order to build a hangar on the
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At the 2010 EAA airshow, Alan introduced his new venture, the Kestrel Aircraft Company, and would serve as its CEO. Kestrel was to produce the
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Soon after Dale graduated from college the brothers formed an aircraft company in January 1984, which they named "Cirrus Design" (now known as
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very light jet, with Wisconsin taking legal action against the Kestrel division of One. In October 2018, the company voluntarily filed for
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cover story on the Klapmeiers, Alan joked that he was president simply "because he is the older brother"; and in an article published by
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award in 2007 at a ceremony in Beverly Hills, California. Among the attendees that year were aerospace pioneers and celebrities such as
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nose landing gear to weld parts onto it and convert it to a retractable gear, and an O-540 (290 hp) engine they got off a scrapped
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with degrees in physics and economics. While a senior there in 1979, he began developing sketches of an airplane that would become the
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spoke positively about Cirrus and the SR20 on his syndicated program. In the 2004 vice-presidential debate, former Vice President
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said that he admired the Klapmeier brothers for starting Cirrus from "virtually scratch", and for their use of technologies like
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By the middle of 2003, the SR22 had become the highest-selling general aviation aircraft in the world, beating out even that of
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Throughout most of the brothers' early career, Alan administered as president at Cirrus with Dale as vice president. In a 1999
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airplanes as young children and rode their bicycles to local airports. When Dale reached the age of 15, he learned to fly in a
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program was fully funded through certification and early production, with a major investment from their newly acquired owners
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Dale has been married to Patricia Meyer since 1984 and together they have two sons: Ryan (born 1988) and Blake (born 1992).
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in Seattle, Washington, as a learning tool for school students. Ten years later, Dale donated an SR22 to Minneapolis-based
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for the SR20 in 1998. (From left to right: Alan Klapmeier, Cirrus president Patrick Waddick, and Dale Klapmeier far right)
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on the VK-30. The idea never materialized at the time, however, it would significantly inspire the design of the original
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round of layoffs, Cirrus had 1,230 employees remaining. Alan, the then-CEO, announced in October 2008 that due to the
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efforts throughout the 1980s, Dale credited Alan with being the "inspiration, the driving force" behind their goals.
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In 2013 and 2014, Cirrus had its strongest years in sales and deliveries since before the 2008 recession, naming its
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in 1984. Under the leadership of the Klapmeiers, Cirrus was the first aircraft manufacturer to install a whole-plane
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near Chicago, of which the three brothers worked at as kids doing janitorial chores during the 1960s and 1970s.
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was a strong supporter of the Klapmeiers as well, and was one of the main proponents behind bringing Cirrus to
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Anderson and continued on to deliver the first SR20 in July 1999—receiving 400 orders by the first year alone.
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The Klapmeier brothers would often fly their Champ from the farm up to their uncle's boat-building business in
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The Klapmeier brothers have both served on numerous aviation boards and programs. Alan served on the board of
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in 2006 that, "Dale is more practical —unbelievably practical, in fact. Dale figures out how to make work."
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reported in 2011 that Alan had considered running for Congress, although he ultimately decided against it.
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shortly after takeoff, Alan was involved in a fatal mid-air collision where the airplane he was flying, a
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in 2012 that he had not spoken to Dale in several years but would not discuss the reasons why on record.
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Dale participates in a snowmobiling fundraising event called the "Black Woods Blizzard Tour", an annual
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in 1994—along with Cirrus vice president of business administration Bill King and former Duluth Mayor
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in 2017 that development of the K-350 "had been shelved" while One Aviation focuses on certifying the
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magazine regarded them as "giving lift to the small-plane industry with an easy-to-fly design", and
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aircraft manufacturer IsrAviation. The aircraft was configured like the VK-30 but was powered by a
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Through the Klapmeiers' vision, the SR20 became the first of many production advancements within
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that would come certified on every aircraft. Dale spoke at his posthumous induction into the
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On March 23, 1999, tragedy struck Cirrus when Scott Anderson was killed in a crash near the
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In May 2014, it was reported that Kestrel had fallen months behind on loan payments to the
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The first time the Klapmeiers gained national exposure was in 1998 when radio commentator
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Dale said in a 2008 interview that one of his main incentives behind co-designing the
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coating the tail of the plane. The story of Cirrus has also garnered comparisons to
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computer-monitored flight-displays instead of round analog dials (which would boast
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where he grew and retained it for several decades, transitioning into the market of
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The brothers started Cirrus in the basement of their parents' rural dairy barn near
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goals and started thinking about their lifelong dream of getting into the world of
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They have been referenced several times in national articles and columns such as
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Through Cirrus, the Klapmeier brothers are credited with revolutionizing the
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In the early 2000s, sales of the SR20 were steadily rising. This led to the
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parachute. The first flight of the jet prototype occurred on July 3, 2008.
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In 1986, the Klapmeiers hired their first paid-employee, an experienced
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in 2018 for representing the first jet of its kind to enter the market.
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Aviation communities have often compared the Klapmeier brothers to the
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Cirrus started developing the ST-50 in the mid 1990s under contract to
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gave the Klapmeiers and Vikens technical advice surrounding the VK-30.
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Dale and Alan Klapmeier profile in the National Aviation Hall of Fame
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At the end of the 1980s, the Klapmeier brothers approached inventor
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Cirrus team circa 1989-1990. (Dale top far left, Alan top far right)
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magazine named Cirrus's highly popular single-engine SR-series (the
4705:"Cirrus Aircraft celebrates the opening of their Innovation Center" 4356: 1548: 1018: 952: 932: 809: 709: 368: 89: 5231: 4665:"Minnesota Governor Visits Cirrus Design | Aero-News Network" 4288:"Cirrus Aircraft Delivers Record Year Fueled by Vision Jet Growth" 4261:"Duluth's Cirrus Aircraft posted its best sales year ever in 2019" 2297:"Wisconsin Entrepreneur Points Kestrel Aircraft to Superior Skies" 1761:- who pioneered the use of composites in homebuilts and spacecraft 1725:'s Inspiration Endeavor Award - 2018 (Dale Klapmeier & Cirrus) 634:
Klapmeier brothers in 1984 outside their parents' dairy barn near
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on production aircraft, Cirrus is known for having revolutionized
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Klapmeier brothers receiving the 2007 EAA Freedom of Flight Award
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1990s: ST50, factory, SR20, company innovation and flight-testing
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Larry and Carol were also entrepreneurs who founded a successful
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Minnesota Business Hall of Fame Inductee - 2015 (Dale Klapmeier)
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such as satellite weather, traffic awareness and GPS steering),
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1980s: VK-30, barn, inspiration for parachute, municipal airport
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excursion around northern Minnesota that raises money to fight
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In 2003, Alan and Dale donated a fully operational SR20 to the
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American entrepreneurs, founders of Cirrus Aircraft Corporation
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2000s: SR22, success and company growth, Vision Jet, recession
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magazine ranked Alan and Dale at number 17 on its list of the
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Video of Dale Klapmeier speaking at Redbird Migration in 2016
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Danielle Kaeding, Duluth News Tribune (September 22, 2015).
3691:"Dale Klapmeier on the Cirrus Vision Jet at AirVenture 2009" 2758: 2350:"Court Converts One Aviation Bankruptcy Case to Liquidation" 1431:
by journalist, author and former speechwriter for President
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Atlanta Aero Club’s Phoenix Award - 2015 (Alan Klapmeier)
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2010s: End of business partnership, separate career paths
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Video interview with Alan Klapmeier on AOPA Live in 2015
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Airfest's Distinguished Wisconsin Aviators Award - 2009
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Joel Labovitz Entrepreneurial Achievement Award - 2008
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s Industry Leader of the Year - 2012 (Dale Klapmeier)
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about the possibility of installing a small, single
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and aviation entrepreneurs who together founded the
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New York, NY: PublicAffairs. pp. 36–39. 2678: 2676: 2339: 2315: 2313: 2290: 2288: 2286: 1955: 4711: 3951:"One Aviation Enters Chapter 11 Restructuring" 3590: 3570:"Cirrus Cuts Production - AVweb flash Article" 3212:. News.minnesota.publicradio.org. June 7, 2005 2949: 2854: 2852: 2850: 2848: 2846: 2844: 2842: 2738: 2736: 2686:. EAA - The Spirit of Aviation. Archived from 2515: 2455:Reference for Business - Company History Index 2259: 2257: 2111: 1882: 1562:aircraft, the Klapmeier brothers are the only 977:approved and type certified in October 1998. 5247: 4408: 4060: 3808: 3802: 3705: 3330: 3108: 2821:"The Dream Brothers: Alan and Dale Klapmeier" 2707: 2705: 2225: 1573:Since 2022, the brothers are featured in the 1395: 5456:University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point alumni 5451:Survivors of aviation accidents or incidents 4298: 4280: 3948: 3754: 3752: 3638: 3382: 2818: 2673: 2626: 2624: 2622: 2607:. Chicago Tribune / Naperville Sun. 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August 26, 2013 2879:"Training that's just your type" 2657:Griffith, Sima (July 28, 2013). 1731:Inductee - 2022 (Dale Klapmeier) 1624:Dr. August Raspet Memorial Award 1601: 968:, a Stanford graduate, military 957:Cirrus Airframe Parachute System 82:Cirrus Airframe Parachute System 31: 4883:"PAV News from AirVenture 2006" 4559:Fallows, James (May 12, 2014). 4363: 4345: 4323: 4252: 4197: 4175: 4153: 4132: 4101: 4054: 4027: 4001: 3979: 3961: 3942: 3916: 3894: 3872: 3846: 3824: 3779: 3727: 3683: 3660: 3615: 3584: 3561: 3534: 3512: 3490: 3364: 3308: 3224: 3210:"MPR: Cirrus Design looks west" 3177: 3129: 3109:Norman Howell (December 1994). 3102: 3080: 3028: 2893: 2812: 2650: 2597: 2493: 2264:Walker, Julie (June 15, 2018). 2160: 2029: 1729:Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame 1679:'s Key to the City Award - 2008 1305:(now Red Tail Squadron), EAA's 1273:in 2012, about the Klapmeiers' 1002:Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame 767:Baraboo-Wisconsin Dells Airport 681:Dale (left) and Alan spreading 403:in 1998 and 2000 respectively) 4770:"Waypoint - A Historic Moment" 4645:. Debates.org. October 5, 2004 4597:. May 25, 2001. Archived from 4392:Pope, Stephen (May 31, 2013). 4160:AINonline (October 31, 2016). 3809:Duluth Reader (January 2012). 3786:Phelps, Mark (July 27, 2010). 3714:"Klapmeier Jet Deal Collapses" 3441:"Cirrus Soars With Composites" 3342:"2013: A Good Year for Cirrus" 3185:"Minnesota Innovation at Work" 3063:"The $ 2 Million Personal Jet" 3061:Huber, Mark (September 2016). 2320:Grady, Mary (April 15, 2015). 1857: 1788:. Jorandby.net. Archived from 1711:National Aviation Hall of Fame 425:National Aviation Hall of Fame 1: 5441:People from Duluth, Minnesota 5227:interview with Dale Klapmeier 5211: 4689:. May 5, 2014. Archived from 3645:Niles, Russ (December 2008). 2581:Touzeau, Mike (May 5, 2004). 2374:Cirrus Aircraft News (2011). 1956:Flying Magazine (July 2013). 1765: 1579:National Air and Space Museum 1281:Boards and other affiliations 1237:Management style distinctions 586: 476: 471: 5436:People from DeKalb, Illinois 5102:. Midwestflyer.com. 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Plane&Pilot. 2004 1958:"51 Heroes of Aviation" 1668:Freedom of Flight Award 1575:Smithsonian Institution 1151:Albuquerque, New Mexico 1062:very light jet aircraft 849:Cirrus-Israviation ST50 600:they saw introduced by 182:Patti Graves (divorced) 158:Wisconsin Ripon College 4355:. AKIA. Archived from 3831:BDN (September 2013). 2932:"Freedom of the Skies" 2237:"Cirrus Lands Collier" 2038:"50 of America's Best" 2017:. NationalAviation.org 1642:Admiral Luis de Florez 1409: 1408:-inspired SR22 in 2005 1096: 1081:of aircraft produced. 1032: 989: 914: 856: 806:Williams International 797: 782:EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 777: 758: 693: 646: 326:Leadership Foundation 39:EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 25:The Klapmeier brothers 4621:"Innovation For Sale" 4333:. AOPA. July 27, 2014 3767:on September 23, 2015 3414:"Cirrus Backgrounder" 3165:. Youtube. April 2023 2503:. MPR News. July 2007 2036:Forbes (April 2001). 1922:Robert Goyer (2011). 1403: 1372:General Aviation News 1301:. Dale served on the 1175:Chapter 7 liquidation 1171:Chapter 11 bankruptcy 1091: 1027: 983: 901: 847: 795: 775: 756:Baraboo-Dells Airport 749: 739:. The other plane, a 680: 633: 612:. David Gustafson of 537:Rainy Lake, Minnesota 522:goods and regalia in 421:51 Heroes of Aviation 405:Best Private Airplane 369:airframe construction 349:Dale Edward Klapmeier 305:, AirSpace Minnesota 146:Saint Paul, Minnesota 4885:. Cafefoundation.org 4294:. February 19, 2020. 4238:Twin Cities Business 4120:on February 26, 2017 4042:on February 24, 2017 3468:"Aviation 1965-2015" 3399:on January 14, 2020. 2775:on November 14, 2018 2217:: CS1 maint: year ( 1845:. AOPA. October 1999 1661:Dr. Godfrey L. Cabot 1589:Awards and accolades 1538:ballistic parachutes 1416:for the modern era. 1206:Knoxville, Tennessee 1028:2003 piston-powered 924:aircraft, including 754:headquarters on the 729:Sauk–Prairie Airport 520:military reenactment 373:glass panel cockpits 5176:The Washington Post 4601:on January 14, 2020 4240:. 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Index


EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
Cirrus Aircraft
Cirrus SR20
SR22
Cirrus Airframe Parachute System
Cirrus Vision SF50
composite-airframes
glass cockpits
light aircraft
See below
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Wisconsin Ripon College
Kestrel
EAA
MVP.aero
GAMA
AOPA
Rockford, Illinois
University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point
AKIA
Young Eagles
Red Tail Squadron
NASA
Scott D. Anderson
aircraft designers
Cirrus Design Corporation
parachute recovery system
composite
airframe construction

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