A long history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipistrel_Sinus
The first flight of the prototype took place on October 16, 1996
By April 2003, Pipistrel had already produced 100 aircraft of the Sinus/Virus family. This number reached 1000 units by March 2019
Textron-Pipistrel: https://www.pipistrel-aircraft.com/products/sinus/
