page_title: Griffon Aerospace
section_title: Outlaw G1
hierarchical_section_title: Griffon Aerospace / Aircraft / Targets / Outlaw G1
caption_attribution_description: English: This is a picture of the Griffon MQM-170A Outlaw UAV
context_page_description: Griffon Aerospace is an aerospace and defense company based in Madison, Alabama, United States.
  Established in 1995 by Larry French, the company was formed to design, develop, and manufacture a manned composite kit aircraft.
  Griffon's first aircraft was the single-engined six seat Lionheart. The design and development began at Larry's home in Harvest, Alabama where he worked designing and developing a composite aircraft formed around the Pratt & Whitney R-985 450 horsepower radial engine. The stagger wing design pays compliment to the classic Beechcraft 17 Staggerwing.
  Pre-sales of the Lionheart took place in 1995 and 1996 at the annual Experimental Aircraft Show at Oshkosh. Lionheart's first flight was 28 July 1997 and 48 hours later it flew into Oshkosh. The aircraft was featured on the cover of the October 1997 Kit Planes Magazine. Enough orders were placed for Larry French to take on Griffon Aerospace as his full-time occupation. The company moved into a 5,000-square-foot facility at 901 Nick Fitchard in Huntsville. Griffon also gained some investors who provided working capital for the new company.
caption: Outlaw G1
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