aerospace founded 1982 headquarters hamilton new zealand area served worldwide website www.aerospace.co.nz pac 750xl pacific aerospace ltd pal is an aircraft manufacturing company based in hamilton new zealand . along with its predecessors it has produced around 600 utility training and agricultural aircraft . 1 contents 1 history 2 list of aircraft 3 references 4 external links history edit pacific aerospace was formed from two companies air parts nz ltd and aero engine services ltd. air parts imported fletcher fu 24s in kit form during the mid 1950s and began manufacturing a significantly modified variant known as the pac fletcher in 1965 . aero engine services ltd diversified from maintenance work into taking over production of the victa airtourer a light aircraft it developed into a military trainer the pac ct 4 in the early 1970s . the two firms joined in 1973 as new zealand aerospace industries which became pacific aerospace corporation in 1982 . 2 shortly afterward pacific aerospace won contracts to provide components to boeing and airbus . pacific aerospace took over nzai s work on a replacement for the fletcher which became the pac cresco and has in turn developed this into utility and skydiving variants . a new utility aircraft the p 750 xstol first flew in 2001 . the company has also continued low level ct4 production for over 30 years . 2 in september 2005 an american firm s order for 12 pac 750s was dishonoured leading to controversy about government assistance to pacific aerospace . 3 in 2006 a consortium of aviation professionals purchased the assets of the company and pacific aerospace corporation became pacific aerospace limited . 2 in 2012 the pacific aerospace p 750 xstol aircraft was certified against icao annex 6 for single engine ifr passenger transport operations . 4 list of aircraft edit prototype ct 4e circa 1994 aesl airtourer 1961 single engined light utility aircraft . pac ct 4 airtrainer 1972 single engine two seat side by side low wing with fixed landing gear . piston engined military basic trainer pac fletcher 1954 single engine two seat side by side low wing with fixed landing gear . piston engined aerial application aircraft pac cresco early 1980s single engine low wing with fixed landing gear . turboprop engined aerial application aircraft p 750 xstol 2001 single engine low wing passenger transport with fixed landing gear . turboprop skydive utility aerial application aircraft . formally known as the pac 750 xl . references edit dead link market new zealand pacific aerospace ltd a b c pacific aerospace ltd company history daniels chris 24 september 2005 . plane maker hits turbulence . the new zealand herald . retrieved 1 november 2011 . http www.aerospace.co.nz aircraft p 750 xstol description external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to pacific aerospace corporation . pacific aerospace homepage this aeronautical company related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title pacific aerospace & oldid 710445252 categories aircraft manufacturers of new zealandaeronautical company stubshidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from july 2009commons category with local link same as on wikidataall stub articles 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 in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschfran aisbahasa indonesiaportugu s edit links this page was last modified on 17 march 2016 at 00 42 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view