Piper Aircraft sustained solid new aircraft customer deliveries and revenue performance during the third quarter of 2013, continuing an improving trend in a challenging economy for general aviation aircraft. Reflecting a global recommitment to the pilot training market, 61 Piper Trainer Class aircraft were delivered in the first three quarters of the year, up from…
Piper Aircraft Inc. will promote its flagship single-engine M-Class Meridian business aircraft at the National Business Aviation Association’s Annual Meeting and Convention, held in Las Vegas from Oct. 22-24. “The Piper Meridian is becoming more accepted as a true business turboprop throughout the world,” said Piper Vice President of Sales and Marketing Drew McEwen. “While…
Piper Aircraft Inc. has delivered an M-Class Piper Meridian to Airline Transport Professionals (ATP) for use as that company’s first Piper turboprop for turbine training and crew cross-country experience in its Airline Career Pilot Program. “ATP is the first flight training organization to integrate turbine experience into its ab initio airline training,” said ATP Vice…
Piper Aircraft Inc. and Aircraft Technical Publishers (ATP) announce new, electronic Pilot Operating Handbook (E-POH) libraries for Piper’s M-Class and Twin-Class aircraft using the HubConnect™ App for iPad® from ATP. Both companies will have experts available at Piper’s static aircraft display at Fort Worth Meacham International Airport during the 2013 AOPA Aviation Summit and Airportfest…
Piper Aircraft Inc. will provide Jeppesen flight data to purchasers of new Piper airplanes, effective immediately. The flight data will simplify access to flight information for Piper aviators. Delivery of new Pipers will include Jeppesen NavData® and digital charts onboard and ready for use in flight. New owners of Piper aircraft equipped with Garmin G1000…
Piper Aircraft Inc. and Baymap Aviation are co-sponsoring the Istanbul Flight Training Exhibition (IFTE), to be held Sept. 27-28, 2013, at the WOW Istanbul Convention Center, within walking distance of the international Atatürk Airport. “The Istanbul Flight Training Exhibition is the biggest regional flight training venue in Turkey,” said Enrico Evers, Piper’s director of Sales…
Piper Aircraft Inc. and J.P. Martins Aviacao, Ltda., its authorized aircraft dealer in Brazil, will display the top-of-the-line M-Class Piper Meridian single-engine aircraft and a Twin-Class Piper Seneca V at the 10th Annual Latin American Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (LABACE), to be held in São Paulo, Brazil Aug. 14-16. “Piper and J.P. Martins will…
Piper Aircraft continued to deliver more new aircraft and increase new airplane revenue during the first half of 2013, continuing a steady improved performance trend. For the first half of 2013, Piper delivered 86 airplanes, up 13 percent from 76 total deliveries during the same period in 2012, while generating $77M in revenue, up…
Airline Transport Professionals (ATP) has exercised options for 10 additional new Piper Archer TXs, bringing to 25 the total number of the single-engine training aircraft ordered by ATP so far in 2013. Piper and ATP jointly made the announcement on the first day of 2013 AirVenture Oshkosh, held July 29 to Aug. 4 in Oshkosh,…
Piper Aircraft Inc. will deliver the company’s milestone 800th M-Class single-engine pressurized Piper Mirage to Muncie Aviation Company at the 2013 AirVenture Oshkosh, to be held July 29 to Aug. 4 in Oshkosh, Wisc. Muncie Aviation is Piper’s dealer for new aircraft, serving Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and southern Illinois. “The delivery of the…
Piper Aircraft Inc. has completed flight tests of a Piper Archer powered by 93 octane premium unleaded automotive gasoline. Piper worked with Airworthy AutoGas LLC, Phoenix, Ariz., to prove the concept in a test flight regime conducted from the company’s Vero Beach manufacturing campus. The Piper Archer is powered by a single Lycoming O-360-A4M engine…
Piper Aircraft Inc. and Red Bull Team Chambliss are combining forces at 2013 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, July 29 to Aug. 4 in Oshkosh, Wisc. Piper will display Team Chambliss’ company transport support airplane, a Piper Meridian, along with Kirby Chambliss’ aerobatic Edge 540, one of the flight attractions at Oshkosh. Kirby Chambliss uses the Piper…
