Quicksilver Aircraft

{{Short description|Aircraft manufacturer}}

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| foundation = 1972

| founder = Dick Eipper

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| location_city = Temecula, California

| location_country = United States of America

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| key_people = COO Dan Perez

| industry = Aerospace manufacturer

| products = Kit aircraft

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Quicksilver Aircraft is an American manufacturer of ultralight and light aircraft. Founded in 1972 as Eipper Formance and later Eipper Aircraft,Markowski, Michael A. Build your own ultralight? - tips from an expert. Popular Science, May 1984, p.106. the company today claims to be the leading manufacturer of ultralight aircraft in the United States,[http://www.quicksilveraircraft.com/ Quicksilver Manufacturing official site], accessed 2011-02-10 with the Quicksilver type ultralight being used to train more ultralight pilots than any other type.Goyer 2004, p.131.

The company was previously known as Quicksilver Manufacturing Inc..{{cite web|url= http://quicksilveraircraft.com:80/gt500.htm|title= GT500 |access-date= 9 December 2022|author= Quicksilver Manufacturing|work= quicksilveraircraft.com|year= 2011|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110715135805/http://quicksilveraircraft.com:80/gt500.htm|archive-date= 15 July 2011|url-status= dead}}

In October 2015, the company began a reorganization after a difficult year financially, closing its factory in California. Company sales had fallen and efforts to control costs were not successful without the reorganization and a liquidation of some assets.{{cite web|url=http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Quicksilver-Aircraft-Reorganizing-225040-1.html|title=Quicksilver Aircraft "Reorganizing"|work=AVweb|date=October 21, 2015 |access-date=23 October 2015}}

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