Advanced Aircraft Corporation is an aircraft manufacturer based in

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History

AAC bought out

Riley Aircraft Riley may refer to: Names * Riley (given name) * Riley (surname) Places * Riley Park–Little Mountain, a neighborhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada * Riley Creek (Ontario), a tributary of the Black River in Central Ontario, Canada * Ri ...

1983 The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is consid ...

Products

The firm has specialised in converting piston-engined

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aircraft to turbine-engined configuration with

Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A The Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6 is a turboprop aircraft engine produced by Pratt & Whitney Canada. Its design was started in 1958, it first ran in February 1960, first flew on 30 May 1961, entered service in 1964 and has been continuously upda ...

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References

* Aircraft manufacturers of the United States Companies based in Carlsbad, California Privately held companies based in California 1983 establishments in California {{Aero-company-stub