company industry aerospace founded 2006 headquarters independence iowa united states products kit aircraft website www.indyaircraftltd.net indy aircraft limited is an american aircraft manufacturer based in independence iowa . the company specializes in the manufacture of ultralight aircraft in the form of kits for amateur construction . 1 2 the company traces its linage to teratorn aircraft which was formed in 1976 in clear lake iowa and which introduced the teratorn tierra and teratorn tierra ii aircraft designs in 1983 . when teratorn went out of business in about 1989 the tierra designs were put back into production by golden circle air of de soto iowa as the golden circle air t bird line . golden circle air went out of business in about 2006 and indy aircraft was formed to provide parts for the existing fleet . in 2011 the company restored the t bird and t bird ii to production . more than 1500 tierra t bird is and 2500 tierra ii t bird iis have been constructed by all manufacturers of the types in total . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 indy aircraft has put the t bird i and t bird ii back into production but not the golden circle air three seat t bird iii or the tandem seat t bird tandem tbt06 . the company indicated it has plans to have its aircraft approved for the american light sport aircraft category but as of september 2014 neither of its types had been accepted by the us federal aviation administration as slsas . 12 13 14 aircraft edit summary of aircraft built by indy aircraft model name first flight number built type indy t bird i 1983 more than 1500 tierras and t birds single seat kit aircraft indy t bird ii 1983 more than 2500 tierra iis and t bird iis two seat kit aircraft references edit a b vandermeullen richard 2011 kit aircraft buyer s guide kitplanes volume 28 number 12 december 2011 page 56 . belvoir publications . issn 0891 1851 a b bayerl robby ; martin berkemeier ; et al world directory of leisure aviation 2011 12 page 61 . wdla uk lancaster uk 2011 . issn 1368 485x cliche andre ultralight aircraft shopper s guide 8th edition pages b 60 and b 106 . cybair limited publishing 2001 . isbn 0 9680628 1 4 pilot mix . golden circle air inc t bird i . retrieved 22 january 2011 . purdy don aerocrafter homebuilt aircraft sourcebook page 168 169 . bai communications . isbn 0 9636409 4 1 bertrand noel ; rene coulon ; et al world directory of leisure aviation 2003 04 page 142 . pagefast ltd lancaster ok 2003 . issn 1368 485x downey julia 1999 kit aircraft directory kitplanes volume 15 number 12 december 1998 page 50 . primedia publications . issn 0891 1851 downey julia 2001 kit aircraft directory kitplanes volume 17 number 12 december 2000 page 54 . kitplanes acquisition company . issn 0891 1851 downey julia 2002 kit aircraft directory kitplanes volume 18 number 12 december 2001 page 43 . kitplanes acquisition company . issn 0891 1851 newby gonzalez tori 2004 kit aircraft directory kitplanes volume 20 number 12 december 2003 page 59 . belvoir publications . issn 0891 1851 downey julia 2005 kit aircraft directory kitplanes volume 21 number 12 december 2004 page 61 . belvoir publications . issn 0891 1851 indy aircraft . products . retrieved 17 february 2015 . indy aircraft . product faq . retrieved 17 february 2015 . federal aviation administration 10 september 2014 . slsa make model directory . retrieved 18 february 2015 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to terratorn aircraft . official website v t e teratorn aircraft aircraft teratorn t a tierra i tierra ii t bird i t bird ii t bird iii t bird tandem tbt06 companies golden circle air indy aircraft motorized gliders of iowa teratorn aircraft retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title indy aircraft & oldid 668394812 categories aircraft manufacturers of the united statesultralight aircrafthomebuilt aircrafthidden categories commons category without a link on wikidata 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 24 june 2015 at 01 15 . 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