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| name = IndUS Aviation
| logo = Indus aviation logo.png
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| foundation = 1994
| founder = Ram Pattisapu, M.D.<ref name="FlightGlobal28Jun05">{{cite web|url = http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2005/06/28/199962/indus-prepares-thorpedo-delivery-after-winning-certification.html|title = Indus prepares Thorpedo delivery after winning certification|accessdate = 2010-02-16|last = [[Flight International]]|authorlink = |date=June 2005}}</ref>
| fate = Out of business
| defunct = 2017
| location_city = [[Dallas, Texas]]
| location_country = [[United States]]
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| products = [[Kit aircraft]]
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'''IndUS Aviation''' was [[United States|American]] light aircraft manufacturer founded in 1994 that was headquartered in [[Dallas, Texas]] at the [[Dallas Executive Airport]]. While it was in business the company manufactured variants of the [[Thorp T-211]] and the [[Thorp T-111|T-111]], originally designed by [[John Thorp]]. Sub-assembly and component manufacturing was contracted out to the [[India]]n company [[Taneja Aerospace & Aviation]] with final assembly at the company's Dallas factory.<ref name="FlightGlobal28Jun05" /><ref name="About">{{cite web
|url=http://www.indusav.com/indusav/new+company.htm
|title=IndUS Aviation, Inc.
|accessdate=2010-02-16
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080626023653/http://www.indusav.com/indusav/new%20company.htm
|archivedate=2008-06-26
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>

IndUS Aviation was developing an improved version of the [[Thorp T-211]] which they called the Thorpedo LP.

By February 2010 the company had 28 aircraft delivered and registered with the FAA, including one T-11 Sky Skooter and 27 T-211s.<ref name="FAAReg">{{cite web|url = http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/AcftRef_Results.aspx?Mfrtxt=INDUS+AVIATION&Modeltxt=&PageNo=1|title = FAA REGISTRY - Make / Model Inquiry Results|accessdate = 2010-02-17|last = [[Federal Aviation Administration]]|authorlink = |date=February 2010}}</ref>

In March 2010, due to the [[Great Recession]], the company entered a reorganization. By March 2017 the company reorganization was still indicated as underway.<ref name="Contact">{{Cite web|url = http://www.indusav.com/New_IndUS/Welcome.html|title = About Us - History|accessdate = 3 March 2017|author = IndUS Aviation |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170303051619/http://www.indusav.com/New_IndUS/Welcome.html|archive-date= 3 March 2017|url-status= dead}}</ref> By mid-2017 the company website had been blanked and the company was likely no longer in business.<ref name="home">{{cite web|url=http://indusav.com/New_IndUS/Welcome.html|title= IndUS Aviation|access-date= 10 August 2020|author= InduUS Aviation|work= indusav.com |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171010073556/http://indusav.com/New_IndUS/Welcome.html|archive-date= 10 October 2017|url-status= dead}}</ref>

==Products==
[[File:Indus Thorp T211 Sky Scooter N211TH 01.JPG|right|thumb|[[Thorp T-211]] Sky Skooter on display at the IndUS Aviation booth at [[Sun 'n Fun]] 2006]]
;SkySkooter (T-111)
:The SkySkooter is based on the [[Thorp T-111|T-111]] with an {{convert|85|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[Jabiru 2200]] engine and is accepted as a [[light-sport aircraft]].
;Thorpedo (T211)
:The Thorpedo is based on the Thorp T211 with a lighter {{convert|120|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[Jabiru 3300]] engine and it is accepted as a light-sport aircraft.<ref name="FlightGlobal28Jun05" /><ref name="FlightGlobal23Jan08">{{cite web|url = http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/01/23/221011/sebring-indus-refines-thorpedo-design.html|title = SEBRING - IndUS refines Thorpedo design|accessdate = 2010-02-16|last = Decker|first = Jeffrey|authorlink = |date=January 2008}}</ref>
;Certified T211
:This aircraft is an [[FAA]] certified Thorp T211, similar to the original model and has a {{convert|100|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[Continental O-200]]A engine. It is available in two variants, one with [[Visual flight rules|VFR]] avionics and another with [[Instrument flight rules|IFR]] equipment.
;Thorpedo DP
:A prototype diesel-powered variant of the T-211 was produced in 2008, it is fitted with a WAM 120 two-stroke inverted diesel engine.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.eaa.org/news/2008/2008-04-12_indus.asp|title = Diesel-Powered LSA Debuts at Sun 'n Fun|accessdate = 2010-02-17|date = 11 April 2008|url-status = dead|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20101214175035/http://eaa.org/news/2008/2008-04-12_indus.asp|archivedate = 14 December 2010}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of aircraft manufacturers]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|www.indusav.com}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.indusav.com/ IndUS Aviation website archives] on [[Archive.org]]

[[Category:Defunct aircraft manufacturers of the United States]]
[[Category:Companies based in Dallas]]
[[Category:American companies established in 1994]]
[[Category:American companies disestablished in 2017]]

IndUS Aviation - Revision history

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