Wichita -
based aircraft manufacturer Hawker Beechcraft, for example, is being advised by Kirkland & Ellis in its efforts to shore up its balance sheet by obtaining $ 120 million in additional loans, according to The New York Times.
Enter Bombardier, the Québec -
based aircraft manufacturer that is seen as an existential threat to Boeing.
We've reported before about a Colorado -
based aircraft manufacturer called Boom, which is developing a next - generation supersonic passenger plane.
Not exact matches
That pic's fictional
aircraft manufacturer, Piccolo, was widely noted to be
based on the real Italian aviation pioneer Giovanni Caproni, who appears in «The Wind Rises» as a kind of spirit guide, visiting Horikoshi in his dreams and uttering the Paul Valery quotation from which pic takes its allusive title: «The wind is rising!
Spyker is a Dutch -
based auto company founded by Victor Muller that has brand connection to the Spyker
aircraft, coachbuilding, and car
manufacturer that was in business from 1880 to 1925.
Magellan Aerospace (MAL) is
based in Mississauga and provides assemblies and systems to
aircraft and engine
manufacturers worldwide.
According to the 2014 report from GAMA (General Aviation
Manufacturers Association), there are 362,000 general aviation
aircraft worldwide, and 199,000 (or roughly 55 %) are
based in the United States.