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Piper M350 Certified by EASA

By General Aviation News Staff · October 31, 2016 ·

VERO BEACH, Florida —The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has awarded Piper Aircraft the validated type certificate for the Piper M350, paving the way for the aircraft to enter service in Europe. “The Piper M350 is the only current production pressurized piston-engine aircraft now on the market, making type certification by EASA an important achievement,” […]

Piper M600 achieves Production Certificate

By General Aviation News Staff · September 16, 2016 ·

VERO BEACH, Florida — Piper Aircraft was recently granted a Production Certificate for its new M600 turboprop by the FAA. “Being granted the Production Certificate is the latest in a series of milestones for the new aircraft, according to Simon Caldecott, Piper Aircraft President and CEO. “In June we received the Type Certificate for the […]

Piper M600 certified

By General Aviation News Staff · June 20, 2016 ·

VERO BEACH, Fla. — Piper Aircraft‘s newest flagship, the Piper M600, has received type certification from the FAA. According to company officials, Piper Aircraft validated the M600’s performance, safety, function and reliability through extensive ground and flight tests with the FAA. Total flight hours accumulated during development and certification topped 1,850 hours using three flight test aircraft. The […]

MT-Propeller gets STC for Pipers

By General Aviation News Staff · February 10, 2016 ·

MT-Propeller has received an FAA STC for the next generation four-blade scimitar composite propeller MTV-14-B/195-30b on the Piper PA-46-350P and PA-46R-350T. MT-Propeller President Gerd Muehlbauer says the installation features the following advantages: Shorter takeoff distance by approximately 5% (SL, ISA conditions;) Enhanced climb and cruise performance by approximately 5% to 10% (SL, ISA conditions); and Enhanced cruise performance by […]

First Piper pilot watch debuts

By General Aviation News Staff · May 29, 2015 ·

Piper Aircraft has collaborated with watchmaker Raymond Weil to introduce the company’s first-ever pilot watch, the freelancer Piper. The 45mm inaugural pilot watch is made of titanium and stainless steel, featuring a mechanical self-winding chronograph movement with date and GMT functions. The minute and hour hands are crafted in blue, mimicking the rotor blades of an […]

Legacy Flight Training to open second training facility

By General Aviation News Staff · October 21, 2014 ·

Legacy Flight Training will open a second training facility on the Scottsdale airport (KSDL), in Scottsdale, Arizona. Following an extensive search process, Legacy Flight Training selected the Air Commerce Center on the Scottsdale Airport to house its west coast facility to cater to Piper PA-46 owners, with plans to open in the first quarter of […]

Hartzell expands into China

By General Aviation News Staff · October 9, 2014 ·

The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) recently validated type certifications for Hartzell props flying on Cessna TTx and Mooney Acclaim aircraft. “Hartzell Propeller worked closely with the Civil Aviation Administration of China to receive these important validations,” said Weiqing Wang, Hartzell Propeller Managing Director for China, based in Shanghai City. “Hartzell Propeller’s efforts in […]

LORD develops fluid-free shimmy damper for Piper aircraft

By General Aviation News Staff · June 24, 2014 ·

LORD Corporation has developed a fluid-free shimmy damper for the Piper PA-28/32 aircraft. The product, LORD Part Number SE-1508-1, will be available to the market in July. The LORD Fluid-Free Shimmy Damper offers consistent damping in a maintenance-free design and uses surface-effect technology to reduce nose wheel shimmy, according to company officials. LORD has replaced the hydraulic piston […]

EASA STC granted for diesel Archers

By General Aviation News Staff · April 17, 2014 ·

Piper Aircraft and Continental Motors Group have collaborated to obtain a European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Supplemental Type Certificate for Piper Archer aircraft powered by the Centurion 2.0S diesel engine. The prototype aircraft, which was test flown to obtain EASA approval, made its debut at Aero Friedrichshafen, the global show for general aviation held earlier […]

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