aerospace founded 1984 founder danny maher headquarters sebastian florida united states products kit aircraft owner swing family number of employees 20 website www.velocityaircraft.com velocity inc. is an american kit aircraft manufacturer . the company was founded in 1984 by danny maher marketing a four seat homebuilt aircraft based on the long ez design . the first prototype flew in 1985 . the company was sold to scott and duane swing in 1992 . in 1995 the cockpit design was changed adding a gull wing door design . 1 in 2008 a power failure and crash of a velocity undergoing initial testing at north las vegas airport brought national attention to homebuilt aircraft testing . banning of particular aircraft and flight operations at the airport afterward resulted in a power struggle over who has authority over airspace and access to public use airports . 2 rocket racer at tulsa international airport april 2010 in 2008 velocity received an order for 20 of its xl 5 aircraft to participate in the rocket racing league . 3 on april 14 2008 the racing rocket racing composite corporation a subsidiary of the rocket racing league acquired velocity aircraft . the rrl announced their goal was to produce an airframe that will be consistent for all competing rocket racers . 4 in may 26 2010 scott and duane swing bought back full ownership of velocity inc from rocket racing league . 5 contents 1 aircraft 1.1 history 1.2 current models 2 references aircraft edit history edit danny maher designed and built the first velocity in 1985 . first flight was in october 1985 . the plane was debuted at sun n fun in 1986 . danny s intention was to design a plane that was much like the long ez with a larger more comfortable interior . 6 in 1992 velocity introduced the 173 also known as the long wing . this model had a longer wing giving it a lower landing speed . the name was a play on the name of a popular model of cessna the cessna 172 the idea being it is one better . some flying velocity planes experienced deep stall incidents where the main wing stalled before the canard causing an unrecoverable stall . after a lengthy investigation velocity found and solved the cause of these stalls . the 173 included airfoil modifications that prevented the deep stall . 7 the original kit was also modified to prevent a deep stall and was now known as the standard model . in 1995 velocity introduced the gull wing doors calling the plane the standard elite abbreviated to se . 1 in 1986 scott and duane swing purchase a velocity kit and develop a retractable gear option for it and begin selling it as an add on . when the swings purchase velocity from danny in 1992 their retractable gear become a factory option to the kit . 1 8 in march 1997 velocity introduced the xl model which features a larger cabin and space for a larger engine . 9 the xl 5 sometimes referred to as a dash five was introduced in 2004 . it reduces the size of the keel down the centre of the cabin giving more room in the back seat . 10 velocity has developed a twin engine model called the velocity v twin . the prototype s first flight was on march 3 2012 and the model was made available for sale in early 2013 . a video is available on the official website . 11 current models edit aircraft produced 12 model name first flight number built type velocity se 268 canard homebuilt velocity xl 190 large fuselage canard homebuilt velocity xl5 86 5 seat canard homebuilt velocity txl 18 turbocharged canard homebuilt velocity v twin 3 4 5 seat twin engine canard homebuilt velocity turbo 0 6 place prototype canard turboprop references edit a b c velocity 173 elite kitplanes magazine december 1995 vol . 12 issue 12 pp. 6 . keith rogers august 23 2008 . federal rules govern home built aircraft faa officials must certify airworthiness . las vegas review journal . velocity aircraft receives purchase order for 20 velocity xl 5 s space fellowship 2008 10 08 accessed 2010 12 11 . rocket racing composite corp. acquires velocity aircraft parabolic arc 2008 04 14 accessed 2010 12 05 . swing family repurchase of velocity inc. from rocket racing league velocity aircraft listserve text copy from tvbf.org archives 2010 05 26 . for those of you wondering just what influence rocket racing has with velocity let me assure you that they have none . as i write this the sole ownership of velocity inc. is now totally and completely in the hands of scott swing and myself . through a stock exchange scott and i returned our rocket racing stock for 100 % return of the stock they held in velocity inc. rocket racing now has 0 % ownership in this company . ... scott and duane swing velocity sport aviation april 1986 pp. 40 solving a deep stall riddle sport aviation july 1987 pp. 20 shop fire sport aviation april 1989 around the patch kitplanes magazine october 1997 the spacemaker velocity s dash 5 kitplanes magazine december 2004 pp. 5 . insite . velocity aircraft . velocity aircraft . retrieved 2012 11 20 . annual buyer s guide kitplanes magazine december 2010 vol . 27 issue 12 pp. 33 retrieved 2010 12 06 . v t e velocity aircraft se xl xl5 txl turbo v twin retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title velocity inc. & oldid 732202475 categories homebuilt aircraft 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 30 july 2016 at 09 17 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of 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