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Tag: Simon Caldecott

A Change In Command At Piper Aircraft

Posted on May 28, 2021 by mwflyer

Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine June/July 2021 Online Issue VERO BEACH, FLA. – Simon Caldecott, President and CEO of Piper Aircraft for more than 10 years, has retired. Replacing him…

Piper Aircraft Apprenticeship Program Offers Chance To Earn While Learning

Posted on December 5, 2019 by mwflyer

Published in Midwest Flyer – December 2019/January 2020 issue VERO BEACH, FLA. – Piper Aircraft has announced that its first group of apprentices has begun their two-year program. The first…

Piper Receives Largest Trainer Order In Company History

Posted on May 10, 2018 by mwflyer

Published in Midwest Flyer – April/May 2018 issue VERO BEACH, FLA. – Piper Aircraft, Inc. has received an order for 152 aircraft from Fanmei Aviation Technologies, Piper Aircraft’s exclusive dealer…

Piper Announces 23% Growth For 2017

Posted on May 10, 2018 by mwflyer

Published in Midwest Flyer – April/May 2018 issue VERO BEACH, FLA. – Piper Aircraft, Inc. has announced a 23% increase in aircraft deliveries for 2017, as well as a 27%…

Demand For Piper Aircraft Results In Largest Employment Growth Since 2009

Posted on March 2, 2018 by mwflyer

Published in Midwest Flyer – February/March 2018 issue VERO BEACH, FLA. – Piper Aircraft Inc. achieved double-digit growth in new aircraft revenue and deliveries for 2017, as demand for trainer…

Piper’s Deliveries & Revenue Continue Upward Trend In Q2 2017

Posted on October 17, 2017October 17, 2017 by mwflyer

Published in Midwest Flyer – October/November 2017 VERO BEACH, FLA. (July 24, 2017) – Piper Aircraft Inc. has announced its aircraft sales and delivery results for the second quarter of…

Piper M600 Receives Type Certification

Posted on August 15, 2016 by mwflyer

Midwest Flyer – Aug/Sept 2016 VERO BEACH, FLA. – Piper Aircraft announced June 17, 2016 that the company’s newest flagship, the Piper M600, has now received type certification from the…

Piper Aircraft R&D & Sales

Posted on September 21, 2015 by mwflyer

OSHKOSH, WIS. – At a press briefing held during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, July 20, 2015, Piper President and CEO Simon Caldecott announced that Piper Aircraft and Hartzell Propeller are collaborating…

Piper Aircraft Launches Three New M-Class Products: The M600, M500 & M350

Posted on May 22, 2015 by mwflyer

VERO BEACH, FLA. – At a historical product unveiling on April 13, 2015, Piper Aircraft announced three new aircraft as part of their esteemed M-Class line of single-engine, pressurized, cabin-class…

Piper Named A Best Place To Work

Posted on January 31, 2014 by mwflyer

VERO BEACH, FLA. – Piper Aircraft earned distinction from Workforce Solutions as one of the community’s best places to work at the 11th Annual Indian River County ‘Best Place to…

Piper Celebrates 75th Anniversary At AirVenture

Posted on September 29, 2012 by mwflyer

OSHKOSH, WIS. – To commemorate the 75th Anniversary of Piper Aircraft, and the plane that made it famous, Piper is celebrating its history all year long, and focused on EAA…

First-Timers From The Midwest Fly To Sun ‘n Fun

Posted on June 8, 2012June 8, 2012 by mwflyer

A Look At This Year’s Spring Break For Pilots by Steve Schapiro Mike Cooper has been flying for years – first in the Air Force where he instructed in T-38s…

Piper Aircraft Indefinitely Suspends Light Jet Development

Posted on December 7, 2011December 12, 2011 by mwflyer

VERO BEACH, FLA. (October 24, 2011) – Piper Aircraft Inc. has indefinitely suspended further development of the “Piper Altaire” business jet following a review to align the company’s business goals…

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