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ICON Aircraft
ICON Aircraft, Inc. is a privately held aircraft manufacturing company headquartered in Vacaville, California, USA.
The company was founded in 2006 by two Stanford graduates, aviator Kirk Hawkins and product designer Steen Strand, to develop and certify the ICON A5 amphibious light sport aircraft (LSA). The aircraft entered production in 2016.
ICON is known for having brought significant excitement and publicity to the LSA industry since the A5's debut in 2008, although legal, financial and developmental issues, as well as a string of early accidents, have slowed company production and growth since 2016.
In April 2024, it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Later, on August 2, the firm announced that it had completed the sale of its assets to SG Investment America, which would create a new entity to manage the acquired assets.
ICON Aircraft was founded in response to the 2004 Federal Aviation Administration establishment of the light-sport aircraft (LSA) class of aircraft and Sport Pilot certificate class of pilot. Kirk Hawkins and Steen Strand founded the company in 2006. Hawkins had previously flown F-16s in the United States Air Force and Boeing 757s for American Airlines. Strand's background is in product design, marketing, and finance, and he founded Freebord, a skateboard company. The two met at Stanford University in a Product Design class in 1993.
A proof of concept aircraft was built in 2007–2008, and made its first flight in July 2008. The company publicly launched the A5 in Los Angeles at a private event on June 11, 2008. ICON has also acknowledged the possibility of releasing additional models in the future, but maintains that it will focus on the light-sport aircraft market.
From 2008 to 2014, the proof of concept aircraft flew more than 700 development flights, and the construction of the first production aircraft began in early 2014. It made its first flight in July 2014 and the company announced that the first customer deliveries were expected in May 2015.
ICON Aircraft has completed four rounds of equity financing. It completed its A round in June 2006 and its B round in July 2008. A million C round was closed in June 2011 and a million D round was announced in June 2013.
ICON Aircraft
ICON Aircraft, Inc. is a privately held aircraft manufacturing company headquartered in Vacaville, California, USA.
The company was founded in 2006 by two Stanford graduates, aviator Kirk Hawkins and product designer Steen Strand, to develop and certify the ICON A5 amphibious light sport aircraft (LSA). The aircraft entered production in 2016.
ICON is known for having brought significant excitement and publicity to the LSA industry since the A5's debut in 2008, although legal, financial and developmental issues, as well as a string of early accidents, have slowed company production and growth since 2016.
In April 2024, it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Later, on August 2, the firm announced that it had completed the sale of its assets to SG Investment America, which would create a new entity to manage the acquired assets.
ICON Aircraft was founded in response to the 2004 Federal Aviation Administration establishment of the light-sport aircraft (LSA) class of aircraft and Sport Pilot certificate class of pilot. Kirk Hawkins and Steen Strand founded the company in 2006. Hawkins had previously flown F-16s in the United States Air Force and Boeing 757s for American Airlines. Strand's background is in product design, marketing, and finance, and he founded Freebord, a skateboard company. The two met at Stanford University in a Product Design class in 1993.
A proof of concept aircraft was built in 2007–2008, and made its first flight in July 2008. The company publicly launched the A5 in Los Angeles at a private event on June 11, 2008. ICON has also acknowledged the possibility of releasing additional models in the future, but maintains that it will focus on the light-sport aircraft market.
From 2008 to 2014, the proof of concept aircraft flew more than 700 development flights, and the construction of the first production aircraft began in early 2014. It made its first flight in July 2014 and the company announced that the first customer deliveries were expected in May 2015.
ICON Aircraft has completed four rounds of equity financing. It completed its A round in June 2006 and its B round in July 2008. A million C round was closed in June 2011 and a million D round was announced in June 2013.