Corvus Hungary LLC is an

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that was founded in 2011 to produce the Corvus Fusion aircraft.

History

Started in 2004, originally named Corvus Aircraft Ltd and based in Ballószög,

Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...

, the company consisted of five employees including Managing Director Tamás Gecse and Chief Engineer Andras Voloscsuk. The company developed the Corvus Corone Mk 1 aircraft. Corvus Aircraft began development of the

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Corvus Corone MK II in 2006 and had its first company presence at

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airshow in

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, USA. Corvus Aircraft debuted its Corvus Phantom aircraft in 2007. Corvus Aircraft also signed a contract with Red Bull for developing a new airplane, the

Corvus Racer 540 The Corvus Racer 540 is a single-seat, low wing, high performance aerobatic aircraft produced by Corvus Aircraft Ltd in Hungary. Design and development The Corvus Racer 540 design was started in 2007 when Corvus Aircraft signed a contract wi ...

, for

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designed especially for air racing. In August 2011, a new company Corvus Hungary LLC was formed, based in

, to develop the Corvus Fusion aircraft. In 2012 the company established a joint venture, called ''Corvus Aerospace (Suzhou)'' in

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, to manufacturer parts and develop the Corvus Racer 312, a smaller version of the

for the European microlight and American

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categories. The new design first flew on 1 November 2013Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', page 40. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015.

Aircraft

References

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