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History

 

MISTRAL Engines is a Swiss company with headquarters in Geneva (Switzerland) and a US subsidiary in DeLand, Florida.

It was founded in April 2001 by a group of pilots and aircraft owners to offer to the general aviation market a long-awaited and much needed new powerplant.

MISTRAL Engines selected the rotary engine technology as the base for the new engine for its key advantages in reliability, longevity, compactness, power-to-weight ratio and multi-fuel capability, among others. Combined with cutting-edge 21st century technology, years of hands-on flying experience and in-depth knowledge of the aviation industry: the MISTRAL Engine was born.

 

Goals and vision

MISTRAL Engines SA aims to rejuvenate light aviation, and to become an industry leader and reference for innovation and vision by:

  • providing unmatched innovation and quality in engineering, design, manufacturing and services
  • being at the forefront of technological innovations geared towards reducing the impact of general aviation on the environment
  • setting leading standards in light aviation
  • being a people-oriented, modern and visionary employer in its company culture and working environment

Meeting the needs of 21st Century general aviation

Since its creation in 2001, MISTRAL Engines has developed a line of multi-fuel, liquid-cooled, electronically controlled rotary engines that meet the needs of 21st century general aviation.

MISTRAL’s lead engine, the normally aspirated three-rotor G-300, is currently undergoing FAA type certification, alongside MISTRAL’s proprietary Digital Engine Management (DEM) system, under FAA project number TC9823 AT-E.

 

MISTRAL’s G-300
currently in certification

PartnershipS

MISTRAL Engines has collaborated with several renowned academic and industrial partners: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Florida, the Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland and Hartzell Propeller Inc. to name but a few.

Milestones

 

2000 The MISTRAL engine prototype is presented at Oshkosh’s EAA 2000. The response is overwhelmingly positive.
2001 MISTRAL Engines SA (originally Mécanair Rotary Engines SA) is created in the Canton de Fribourg (Switzerland).
2003 MISTRAL’s capital is opened to new investors.
MISTRAL moves its headquarters and design office to Geneva, in a large multi-user industrial building. It installs its own engine-test lab with suitable workshop space for production assembly, gaining total independence in its development and testing schedule.
2004 The first MISTRAL engine flies on 04 April.
MISTRAL’s products are officially introduced at Oshkosh’s Air Venture 2004.
MISTRAL Engines USA, Inc. is created in Daytona Beach, Florida (USA).
2005 The first 14 orders are booked.
Production begins in July.
MISTRAL Engines inaugurates its new assembly facility in Geneva.
2006 The first two-rotor engine is delivered to a client in California in April.
2007 Over USD 8 million in new financing are raised from new private investors.
A contract is concluded with a major heavy/medium-lift helicopter manufacturer for the motorization of its new 3-place light helicopter.
The first three-rotor engine is delivered to a client in Denmark in December.