OSHKOSH, Wisc., July 28, 2014 — Piper Aircraft Inc. will deliver two new Piper Arrow pilot training aircraft to the Aeronautics Division at Kent State University’s College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology. Today’s announcement was made on the first day of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, which runs through Aug. 3. “Kent State’s Aeronautic Division is…
VERO BEACH, Fla. – July 28, 2014 – Piper Aircraft, Inc. has received Amended Type Certificate approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to incorporate the Garmin GFC 700 autopilot system in new Garmin G1000-equipped twin-engine Piper Seneca V aircraft. “Moving the Twin Class Seneca V equipped with G1000 avionics to the Garmin GFC 700 is…
Vero Beach, Fla., July 22, 2014 –Piper Aircraft, Inc. will display nearly its entire aircraft product line during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014, scheduled July 28 – Aug. 3. “There is no larger or greater general aviation venue in the world than AirVenture Oshkosh,” said Piper President and CEO Simon Caldecott. “Piper plans to take advantage…
VERO BEACH, Fla. – July 9, 2014 – Piper Aircraft Inc. recently delivered its first Piper Meridian single-engine turboprop to a customer in Paraguay. Piper Aircraft, Inc. confirmed that Fiorucci International Grain Production and Distribution of South America, located in the Paraguayan capital city of Asuncion, took possession of the plane this past week. The…
VERO BEACH, Fla – June 16, 2014 – Piper Aircraft has received approval from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) to incorporate the Garmin G1000 avionics suite, as well as the Aspen Avionics EFD1000 Pro Standby primary flight display into new twin-engine Piper Seneca V aircraft. Piper Aircraft Inc. was one of the first manufacturers…
VERO BEACH, Fla. – June 12, 2014 – Piper Aircraft recently received European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approval for Piper Seminoles and Archers equipped at the factory with Garmin G1000 avionics and the Aspen Avionics EFD1000 Pro Standby primary flight display. “The Aspen Evolution EFD l000 is proving to be a popular option in the…
VERO BEACH, Fla. – June 9 , 2014 – Piper Aircraft Inc. and Piper France SARL, the company’s authorized aircraft dealer in France, will exhibit a number of aircraft at the 8th edition of the Cannes International General Aviation Exhibition, to be held June 12-14 at Cannes-Mandelieu Airport (LFMD). Included in the aircraft exhibition at Cannes…
VERO BEACH, Fla. – May 29, 2014 – Piper Aircraft Inc. has appointed Piper France SARL as the company’s new aircraft dealer in France. Located at Aéroport Troyes Barberey, Piper France is a partnership between Troyes Aviation and Piper Generalvertretung Deutschland AG, a Piper Dealer for more than 45 years. Piper France, Led by Françoise…
VERO BEACH, Fla. – May 27, 2014 – Piper Aircraft’s top-of-the-line piston-powered M-Class Mirage was named “Best of the Best Personal Aircraft for 2014” by the Robb Report. “A pressurized cabin, six seats, and a full-size air-stair door are unusual features for a piston-powered single-engine aircraft, but they are part of the package with the…
VERO BEACH, Fla. – May 19, 2014 – Piper Aircraft’s piston-poweredSeminole was recently named the Most Popular Twin-Engine Propeller Aircraft in China by U-Jet, China’s first exclusive journal for private aviators. U-Jet is published under auspices of the General Administration of Press and Publication of China and is the nation’s most widely circulated magazine dedicated…
VERO BEACH, Fla. – May 6, 2014 — Piper Aircraft Inc. will begin delivering the first of five new Piper Arrow pilot training aircraft to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. The airplanes will serve Embry-Riddle’s Daytona Beach, Fla. campus. “The five Piper Arrows join the Embry-Riddle learning fleet of more than 60 pilot training aircraft,” said Embry-Riddle…
VERO BEACH, Fla. – April 22, 2014 – Piper Aircraft, Inc. recently made its first European delivery of a G1000 equipped Seminole to a Serbian customer involved in pilot training. Prince Aviation, of Belgrade, Serbia, took delivery of the new G1000 Seminole from Piper’s manufacturing campus and delivery center in Vero Beach, Fla. Prince Aviation…
