Adam aircraft Industries is an US-American manufacturer of airplanes with seat in Centennial, Colorado. At present (6/2004) the company employs 300 employees and has for its two new types order books of 200 millions US-$. The company was created in January 1998 by Rick Adam, who is also today still a managing director. The Adam M-309 was manufactured as technology carrier in the year 2000. The manufacturing of the prototype of the first commercial type began in June 2001. The largest shareholder is Goldman Sachs.