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Hitting 100…

By Dan Johnson · December 4, 2012 ·

When talking of success stories in the Light-Sport Aircraft (LSA) world, consider Pipistrel.

“This really important news kind of snuck up on me as a surprise,” observed U.S. representative, Michael Coates, “but I have just noticed that our multi-year cooperation with Pipistrel has resulted in selling our 100th aircraft recently!”

Pipistrel Virus

According to Pipistrel boss Ivo Boscarol, “Michael is not just a great distributor and salesman, but also a true partner to Pipistrel through the last 15 years.”

He added, “We owe a large part of Pipistrel’s success to Michael Coates and his entire team of local and international dealers from Australia, New Zealand and the United States of America.”

Michael reported selling 20 aircraft in the USA at Oshkosh 2012 and in the two months afterward, a performance any LSA producer would love to claim.

Congratulations!

For more on Sport Pilot and LSA: ByDanJohnson.com

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