needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message aircraft manufacturing and design type private industry aerospace founded 1995 headquarters eastman georgia products general aviation aircraft website www.newplane.com aircraft manufacturing and design co. amd is a manufacturer of three aircraft the alarus ch2000 the zodiac ch601 and the patriot 150 . the ch2000 is a two seat single engine aircraft used primarily for flight training purposes . the ch601 is a two seat light sport aircraft in the usa and an aula in canada and is used mainly as a personal aircraft . the patriot 150 is a two seat high winged slsa with stol performance . unlike the other slsa zodiac the patriot is not available as a kit ; only as a ready to fly slsa . the company is headquartered in eastman georgia usa . history edit founded in 1974 by aeronautical engineer chris heintz zenair ltd. of midland ontario canada began its presence in the light aircraft industry with a single aircraft design the zenith ch 200 . this two seat kit aircraft was designed by heintz during the sixties while he was chief engineer at french aircraft manufacturer avions pierre robin . the zenith was an all metal two seat low wing monoplane designed to be simple and affordable simple because heintz was an engineer and not a craftsman and affordable because he was raising a family with five children while building the prototype . citation needed since 1974 heintz has designed and developed more than 12 new aircraft models which have been marketed and sold as kit aircraft around the world . among them was the zenair zenith ch2000 . this aircraft based on heintz kit aircraft ch640 design received faa type certification on july 25 1995 . this type certified aircraft was renamed and is now manufactured as the amd alarus ch2000 . citation needed recently the company changed hands . where the original company was owned by a member of the heintz family and known as aircraft manufacturing and development inc. the new company was created by the existing executive team and incorporated in georgia usa as a limited liability company named aircraft manufacturing and design llc . the new company retained the amd shorthand and very similar logos . the new company also took over the responsibility for all the previous amd s zodiacs ; but not the alarus . and the new amd will be producing the patriot . 1 2 amd zodiac amd alarus references edit georgia dept. of state ; aircraft manufacturing and design unclear ref bayerl robby ; martin berkemeier ; et al world directory of leisure aviation 2011 12 page 170 . wdla uk lancaster uk 2011 . issn 1368 485x external links edit company website archives on archive.org v t e zenair aircraft ch 50 ch 100 ch 150 ch 180 ch 200 ch 250 ch 300 ch 400 ch 601 ch 620 ch 640 ch 650 ch 701 ch 750 ch 801 ch 2000 alarus zipper companies aircraft manufacturing and design zenair zenith 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 aircraft manufacturing and design & oldid 717751486 categories aircraft manufacturers of the united statesmanufacturing companies based in georgia u.s. state companies based in dodge county georgiavehicle manufacturing companies established in 1995privately held companies based in georgia u.s. state aeronautical company stubshidden categories articles needing additional references from december 2012all articles needing additional referencespages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from february 2008all 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 languages add links this page was last modified on 29 april 2016 at 14 14 . 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