Piper Aircraft Inc. is one of the first manufacturers to adopt the most recent G1000 software supporting a three display avionics suite as standard equipment in new Twin-Class Piper Seneca V aircraft models available in 2013. The announcement was made at Airshow 2013, the Australian International Airshow and Aerospace & Defence Exposition held Feb. 24-26. […]
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Piper Names Jack Mill as V.P., Engineering
Piper Aircraft Inc. has named Jack Mill (shown at right), as Vice President of Engineering, reporting to President and CEO Simon Caldecott. Mill most recently had been leading the Piper Engineering team as VP in an interim role for several months. "Jack brings more than 30 years of aircraft design and engineering experience at Piper […]
Piper Achieves Higher Revenue, Deliveries in 2012
Piper Aircraft Inc. ended 2012 with increased annual revenue from new aircraft sales of $148,968,967, up more than 13 percent from $131,263,539 in 2011. The revenue increase was a result of a 16 percent rise in new Piper deliveries to 158 aircraft in 2012 from 136 the previous year. "We stabilized the manufacturing and delivery […]
Piper Exhibits to Automobile Dealers
Piper Aircraft will exhibit a cabin mockup of the company’s top-of-the-line Meridian M-Class single-engine aircraft at the 2013 National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) Convention & Expo, Feb. 9-11 in Orlando, Fla. "NADA 2013 is an excellent venue to showcase our M-Class airplanes in front of thousands of successful automobile dealers who will gather in Orlando […]
Piper Strengthens Global Sales Force
Piper Aircraft Inc. is strengthening its worldwide sales organization with an increased focus on direct fleet sales of the company’s Trainer-Class aircraft while continuing to emphasize and expand its global dealer network for the company’s M-Class and Twin-Class lines. "We will have three regional senior sales executives supported by three regional sales managers that will […]
Piper Names James Funk VP of Operations
Piper Aircraft Inc. has appointed James W. Funk as Vice President of Operations, reporting to President and CEO Simon Caldecott. In his new role, Funk is responsible for aircraft manufacturing operations, production engineering, logistics and quality. "Jim brings nearly 30 years of operations management, manufacturing engineering and program leadership experience to Piper’s senior leadership team," […]
Embry-Riddle Hosts Historic FAA-Industry Rule-Making Meetings
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University was the host of two meetings, from Jan. 8-11, of the Federal Aviation Administration FAR Part 23 Aviation Rule Making Committee (ARC) and the ASTM International F44 group charged with developing recommendations that would significantly change aircraft certification regulations for most general aviation aircraft. FAR Part 23 covers aircraft under 19,000 pounds, […]
Piper Has Smooth 2012, Celebrates 75th Anniversary
Piper Aircraft Inc. performed well during 2012, a year of steadiness and preparation for future growth that also marked the 75th anniversary of the company’s founding. "We stabilized the manufacturing and delivery of new aircraft throughout the year as our initiative to level-load factory production met with success," said Piper President and CEO Simon Caldecott. […]
Flying Musicians to Perform and Exhibit at Sport Aviation Expo
The Flying Musicians Association, Inc., a non-profit organization, is gearing up for their first aviation event of 2012, in Sebring, Florida on January 17-20. FMA performers will entertain on stage in the Food Court daily, Thursday through Sunday. (See the schedule at www.FlyingMusicians.org.) John Zapp, co-founder of FMA, said, “Being invited back to the […]
Progressive Aerodyne Passes FAA LSA Prototype Audit, Obtains Airworthiness Cert
Progressive Aerodyne, Inc., (PA) the manufacturer of SeaRey, Light Sport Amphibian Airplane, successfully passed an FAA Light Sport Aircraft Prototype Audit by the audit team from FAA AIR-200 in Washington D.C. and obtained an airworthiness certification from the FAA Orlando MIDO (Manufacturing Inspection District Offices) office on November 8, 2012. (Photo – Certification Team) PA […]
