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Piper Pilot 100 certified

By General Aviation News Staff · December 17, 2020 ·

VERO BEACH, Florida — Piper Aircraft has received FAA type certification for the Pilot 100.

The Pilot 100, which made its debut at SUN ‘n FUN 2019, is the “value priced addition to Piper’s trainer-class line,” according to company officials.

Following certification, Piper began deliveries to its launch customer, American Flyers, who will be taking delivery of eight Pilot 100i aircraft by the end of 2020.

The new Piper Pilot 100 rounds off Piper’s portfolio of training aircraft, which includes the Archer TX, Archer DX, Arrow, and Seminole, company officials report.


“For 2021, flight schools now have an option for a factory new, robust trainer that is priced under $300,000 and is IFR equipped with digital autopilot,” officials added in a press release.

“The Piper Pilot 100i is the perfect mix of simplicity and technology. The G3X avionics suite is the only glass platform that allows for toggling between round dial and tape displays in a touchscreen format. This outperformed the G1000 suite on so many levels and was the primary reason we selected the Pilot 100i,” said American Flyers’ National Chief Pilot Steven Daun.

American Flyers, established in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1939, is known for private, commercial, and finish-up flight training with six locations in the United States. American Flyers has trained more flight instructors than any other flight school in the world, according to company officials.

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  1. Thomas Ibach says

    January 31, 2021 at 9:45 am

    I did some training in one of these, in 1977…it was called a Piper flight liner ….rented for 22.00 an hour wet…

  2. Jon Kotwicki says

    January 13, 2021 at 9:35 pm

    Textron….anything coming soon? Sorry, but $450k for a 172 is just pushing the cost of flight training too high.

  3. Ronald Piper (No relation) says

    December 26, 2020 at 2:36 pm

    $300,000 Uh…No.

  4. John says

    December 18, 2020 at 6:34 am

    Engineering dream:
    Strong as a Beechcraft
    Light as a Cessna
    and as cheap as a Piper

  5. T Boyle says

    December 17, 2020 at 10:01 am

    See also Vans RV-12 SLSA for less than half that.

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