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…
Piper Aircraft, Inc. has received Type Certificate (TC) approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to incorporate the Garmin G1000 avionics suite into new twin-engine Piper Seminole aircraft models for delivery beginning this year. With this latest TC, The Garmin G1000 is standard equipment on nearly all new Piper products. “The G1000’s design brings enhanced levels…
Piper Aircraft Inc. and Winters Aviation, its authorized aircraft dealer in France and Belgium, will exhibit two top-of-the-line M-Class single-engine aircraft and a twin-engine Seneca V at the 7th Cannes International General Aviation Exhibition June 5-8 at Cannes-Mandelieu Airport (LFMD). “Piper will be working with Winters Aviation, our dealer, at the air show on the…
Piper Aircraft Inc. has appointed General Aviation industry veteran, Drew McEwen, to Vice President of Sales and Marketing, where he will lead global sales and marketing for the Company. He will continue to report to President and CEO Simon Caldecott and serve on the Company’s Executive Leadership Team. “Drew’s leadership of Piper’s global sales team,…
Piper Aircraft Inc. and its European dealers and sales agents will display a 2013 single-engine turboprop M-Class Meridian at this year’s EBACE, the European Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition, to be held May 21-23 at Geneva Palexpo and Geneva International Airport. “This venue is truly Europe’s premier event focused on business aviation, and Piper’s M-Class…
Piper Aircraft, Inc. has received Type Certificate approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to incorporate the Garmin G1000 avionics suite into new twin-engine Piper Seneca V aircraft models for delivery beginning this year. Piper Aircraft Inc. is one of the first manufacturers to adopt the most recent G1000 software supporting a three display avionics suite…
