Liberty Aerospace
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| private corporation | |
| Industry | Aerospace |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Headquarters | Melbourne, Florida, United States |
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Key people
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Keith Markley (President, and CEO) |
| Products | General aviation aircraft |
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Number of employees
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32 (March 2009) |
| Website | www.libertyaircraft.com |
Liberty Aerospace is a Bahrainian-owned manufacturer of general aviation aircraft based in Melbourne, Florida, United States.
The company produces one model, the Liberty XL2, an advanced two-seat touring aircraft based on the British-designed Europa homebuilt airplane. The XL2 design received FAA production certification in the spring of 2006 and commenced sales in North America and the European market.
Liberty's key personnel in 2006 were:
Liberty Aerospace, Inc. was incorporated as a Delaware For-Profit Corporation on October 6, 2000 (File # 3299031). Liberty Aerospace, Inc. was registered as a Florida Foreign For-Profit Corporation on April 7, 2004 (Doc # F03000001707). Liberty Aerospace Holdings, Inc. was incorporated as a Delaware For-Profit Corporation on April 23, 2004 (File # 3517687).
In October 2004, the Kuwait Finance House, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kuwait Finance House of Bahrain, acquired 75% of Liberty Aerospace for approximately US$60 million.
In a news release issued in April 2008, Liberty Aerospace CEO Keith Markley announced that some of the 180 employees at the Melbourne, Florida manufacturing facility will lose their jobs when the company starts outsourcing aircraft production to Romania. He indicated that the company will maintain its headquarters in Melbourne, but it is not clear how many employees will be still be employed by the company in the USA.
In August 2008 the Federal Aviation Administration, in releasing information on a Special Certification Review (SCR) that was being conducted on Eclipse Aviation, also listed Liberty Aerospace as undergoing an SCR. The company quickly denied that they were subject to an SCR and asked the FAA to retract the statement.
The FAA clarified that Liberty was not under an SCR, but was subject to an unspecified special review of another type.
Liberty Aerospace General Counsel and Safety and Compliance Officer Margaret Napolitan said: "It's a commercial dispute. It has nothing to do with the safety of the aircraft." Neither the company nor the FAA have released any further information.
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