PACIFIC AEROSPACE

Pacific Aerospace Corporation (PAC) is an aircraft and aircraft parts manufacturing company based in Hamilton, New Zealand. PAC makes parts for Boeing and Airbus and also produces utility, training and agricultural aircrafts.In 1973 Aero Engine Services Ltd and Air Parts (NZ) Ltd,were combined in 1973 to form New Zealand Aerospace Industries Ltd (NZAIL) which produced CT/4 Airtrainers and FU 24 Fletcher aircrafts in its earlier years.They became Pacific Aerospace in 1982, winning contracts to provide components to aerospace giants such as Boeing and Airbus. Pacific Aerospace took over NZAI's work on a replacement for the Fletcher, which became the PAC Cresco and has in turn developed this producing utility and skydiving variants, and then an all-new utility aircraft, the PAC 750XL, which first flew in 2001. The company has also continued low-level CT4 production for over 30 years.In 1992 Pratt and Whitney of Canada designed low cost PT6-34AG turbine engine of 750 hp,an engine model for the agricultural aircraft market.On March 10th, 2004, the US Federal Aviation Administration certified the PAC 750XL a modified and advance version of CRESCO .In July, 2007 Pacific Aerospace Limited celebrated the production of the 600th aircraft from its site.