The Mirage Celerity is an American two-seat cabin

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sold by Mirage Aircraft of Tucson AZ, United States.

Design and development

The Celerity is a side-by-side two-seat low-wing cabin monoplane built from a mixture of composites and wood. Nominally powered by a Lycoming O-320-B1A piston engine and with a retractable

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Operational history

In September 2014 three examples were

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in the United States with the

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, although a total of four had been registered at one time.

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* {{Mirage aircraft Celerity 1980s United States civil utility aircraft Homebuilt aircraft Low-wing aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1985