{"id":821,"date":"2012-03-24T00:11:22","date_gmt":"2012-03-24T00:11:22","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-03-24T00:11:22","modified_gmt":"2012-03-24T00:11:22","slug":"piper-shows-meridian-mirage-trainers-celebrates-75th-anniversary-sun-n-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/florida\/piper-shows-meridian-mirage-trainers-celebrates-75th-anniversary-sun-n-fun\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Piper Shows Meridian, Mirage, Trainers; Celebrates 75th Anniversary at Sun &#8216;n Fun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vero Beach, Fla., March 23, 2012 &#8211; Piper Aircraft Inc. plans to display airplanes from its M-Class <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"101\" align=\"right\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/\\wp-content\\uploads\/Piper Meridian over Atlantaedit_0.jpg\" \/>business aircraft and trainer product lines at the Sun &#8216;n Fun International Fly-In &amp; Expo in Lakeland, Fla. beginning March 27. The company will also use the iconic fun flying venue to begin a year-long celebration of its 75th anniversary, highlighted with the display of a vintage Piper Cub.<\/p>\n<div>M-Class aircraft on display include the top-of-the-line turboprop Meridian and pressurized single-engine Mirage. Also on display will be a twin-engine Seminole trainer destined for Redbird Flight Simulations&#8217; innovative research and development laboratory, and a popular single-engine trainer sought after by pilot training program fleets around the world.<\/div>\n<p><!--break--><\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Piper is planning a special 75th anniversary celebratory breakfast for customers and invited guests on Wednesday, March 28 during the Sun &#8216;n Fun event. &quot;We will be recognizing Piper&#8217;s aviation heritage and the tradition of our great people and aircraft throughout the year,&quot; said Piper President and CEO Simon Caldecott. &quot;We&#8217;ve chosen Sun &#8216;n Fun to kick off our customer and public activities.&quot;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>About Piper Aircraft<\/div>\n<div>Piper Aircraft, Inc. is headquartered in Vero Beach, Florida. A global force in aviation, Piper is an investment of the Ministry of Finance of the Government of Brunei. The company offers efficient single-engine and twin-engine trainer, personal and business aircraft. With economical acquisition and operating costs, Piper airplanes deliver the best value available today and into the future. Piper is a member of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association.<\/div>\n<div class=\"field_attachment\">\n<div><b>Attachment:<\/b><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"\/\"><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vero Beach, Fla., March 23, 2012 &#8211; Piper Aircraft Inc. plans to display airplanes from its M-Class business aircraft and trainer product lines at the Sun &#8216;n Fun International Fly-In &amp; Expo in Lakeland, Fla. beginning March 27. The company will also use the iconic fun flying venue to begin a year-long celebration of its [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-florida","category-news-release"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\\wp-content\\uploads\/Piper Meridian over Atlantaedit_0.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}