History
COPA started as a group of Cirrus aircraft enthusiasts who had frequented the earlier SR20 internet forum started by Clyde Stubbs in 1999. Most members of that forum came from the position-holders for the yet-to-manufactured Cirrus SR20.
As more new Cirrus Design aircraft were sold and the SR22 was introduced, a formal, membership-based organization was started. In 2001, COPA became a registered non-profit organization with its own website and magazine, Cirrus Pilot.
COPA was recognized in 2005 as "one of the most valuable safety and educational programs that owners of the Cirrus Design series of aircraft can engage in."
In 2006 members of COPA raised more than $105,000 in a single evening to benefit the Red Tail Project, giving the project a significant boost toward their goal of bringing the story of the famed Tuskegee Airmen to every classroom in America.
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