proprietary limited company industry aerospace manufacturing founded 2004 headquarters cowra australia key people paul goard managing director products light aircraft website http brumbyaircraft.com.au brumby aircraft australia is an australian aircraft manufacturer that produces a range of kit and ready built civil light aircraft . the company is based at cowra airport in the central west of new south wales and has also signed partnership agreements with aviation industry corporation of china to manufacture light sport aircraft in china for domestic markets . history edit phil goard designed and built an aircraft called the goair trainer at bankstown airport in sydney during the 1990s . the single aircraft was later modified in 2001 into the goair gt 1 a prototype which would form the basis of the model j544 . in 2004 goard relocated to cowra and registered the company name brumby aircraft australia . the first model j544 known simply as the brumby after a wild horse was registered under a recreational aviation australia certificate in october 2005 and was publicly demonstrated in april 2006 . in 2010 the company announced a high wing variant of the design designated the brumby 610 evolution . the j544 was retrospectively given the designation brumby 600 . 1 in 2013 it was announced the company had purchased the type certificate for the victa aircruiser 210 a four seat general aviation aeroplane designed in the 1960s 2 which never saw large scale production although the design was later developed into the successful pac ct 4 airtrainer . brumby anticipate an updated version of this aircraft will compete with the cirrus sr22 while the company also announced plans to develop a turboprop powered variant aimed at a niche business market with no established competitors . the aircruiser also represents a significant step for the company beyond ultralight and recreational aircraft as the design has certification by the civil aviation safety authority meeting the equivalent to the federal aviation administration far 23 in the united states . 1 a major 40 year deal was signed in 2014 with the chinese government owned avic to produce the brumby 600 and 610 aircraft in a purpose built facility in fujian province . the facility will build the light sport aircraft for the chinese domestic markets while also providing components for assembly in the australian market . the joint venture is expected to meet a demand for 280 aircraft over the first four years of the program and will reduce the time taken to deliver new aircraft from 12 months to approximately 8 weeks . the aircruiser design was not included in the deal as brumby intends to utilise the additional capacity at its cowra facility to focus on development and production of this model 3 in addition to production facilities the agreement is also reported to include global sales and support as well as brumby s participation in the research and development of a new all composite seaplane intended to carry 10 20 passengers addressing a gap identified in the chinese general aviation market . 4 5 aircraft edit brumby aircruiser a proposed development of the victa aircruiser announced in 2014 . single engine four seat business touring aircraft to be offered in both piston and turboprop versions . brumby 600 two seat light sport aircraft available in factory built or amateur built kits . brumby 610 evolution high wing variant of the brumby 600 designed specifically for flight training . references edit a b jackson paul 2014 . jane s all the world s aircraft 2014 2015 . ihs jane s. brumby aircraft to build aircruisers . australian flying . 4 july 2013 . retrieved 25 april 2015 . brumby aircraft signs china deal . australian flying . 26 august 2014 . retrieved 25 april 2015 . australia brumby to build composites seaplane in fuzhou . jec composites group . 20 january 2014 . retrieved 25 april 2015 . fujian s first general aircraft manufacturing project initiated . china aviation news . 6 december 2013 . retrieved 25 april 2015 . v t e brumby aircraft australia fixed wing aircraft aircruiser 600 610 evolution retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title brumby aircraft australia & oldid 699125882 categories aircraft manufacturers of australia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 january 2016 at 11 57 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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