Editing Interceptor 400 (section)

==Design and development==
Development of the aircraft commenced when [[Lymon Lyon]] approached [[Aero Commander (aircraft manufacturer)|Aero Commander]] to build him a one-off modification of the 200, to be powered by a turboprop.  His request came just as Aero Commander was realizing that the 200 piston engine aircraft was not economically viable in volumes they sought, and instead, offered to sell Lyon the 200 [[type certificate]] and work that Aero Commander had begun on a turbine engine conversion model 400 instead.  Lyon and a group of investors assembled by entrepreneur and merger and acquisition expert Thomas W Itin, then formed the Interceptor Corporation to develop and market the 400 turbine engine version, the Interceptor 400 aircraft.

The plant was moved from the Aero Commander site in [[Albany, Georgia]], to [[Norman, Oklahoma]], where the engineering was completed for the Interceptor 400 type certificate

Its first flight was on June 27, 1969,<ref name="JAWA71 p324"/> and certification was obtained in [[1971 in aviation|1971]]. However, without adequately funded  buyers, major Interceptor investor [[Paul Luce]] eventually took possession of the company's intellectual property and the prototype Interceptor 400 when the firm could not repay capital he had loaned it. The rights were then owned by [[Prop-Jets Inc]], in which Luce maintained a 50% stake. Later Prop-Jets changed its name to Interceptor Aircraft Company, with Mr. Luce no longer being involved.  There is one Interceptor 400 plane still registered and still flying.

A militarized version, the '''Interceptor I400-M''' reached at least the planning stage. It was envisaged for a wide variety of roles, including [[trainer aircraft|training]],  [[reconnaissance aircraft|reconnaissance]], [[Forward Air Control]], and [[Counterinsurgency]], as well as general utility duties.

On May 22, 2014, Global Parts Group, of [[Augusta, Kansas]], announced they had acquired the type certificate of the Interceptor 400 and the Meyers 200 aircraft models.<ref name="GlobalParts">{{cite web|url = http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Meyers-Revival-Eyed222041-1.html|title = Meyers Revival Eyed|publisher=Avweb|first=Russ|last=Niles|date=May 22, 2014|accessdate = 27 May 2014}}</ref>  The Global Parts Group formed a separate affiliate company, Interceptor Aviation Inc., for the ownership of the type certificate, along with all assets and intellectual property related to both the Interceptor 400 and Meyers 200 type designs.  The aircraft design and tooling were discovered in storage in a barn on a farm in Wichita, Kansas.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.flyingmag.com/interceptor-400-barn-discovery/|work=Flying|title= Turboprop Aircraft, Design and Tooling Discovered in Kansas Barn|first=Rob|last=Mark|date=October 28, 2019 |accessdate=October 29, 2019}}</ref>