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Garmin’s Autoland

Are you one of those that have sometimes thought “what would I do if I am on a plane and something happens to the pilot?” I got to test fly the Autoland as a guest of Garmin. Well, when it comes to commercial airliners this may sound like straight out of the realm of...

GAMA 3rd Quarter Deliveries Released

GAMA released its third-quarter statistics for 2018, and the General Aviation segment increased its billings to $4,134,953,455 in the third quarter, up only 0.83% from 2017. The variability in the mix, when compared to 2017, was significant, with 286 piston aircraft...

Premium 2018.17 – General Aviation Holding Steady in First Quarter

GAMA released its first-quarter statistics, and the General Aviation segment increased its billings by 3.3% when compared to the first quarter in 2017. The variability in the mix, when compared to 2017, was significant, with 3 fewer piston aircraft delivered, 13 more...

Piper Aircraft Press Conference

Piper's CEO, Simon Caldecott, provided an update on the company's performance and grounding of the M600 model. https://youtu.be/UMcnkO3w9rI

GAMA 3rd Quarter Deliveries Released

Nov 20, 2018 | Airbus Helicopters, Bell, Bombardier, Business Jets, Cessna, Daher, Dassault, Embraer, Gama, Gulfstream, Hondajet, Leonardo, Pilatus, Piper, Textron

GAMA released its third-quarter statistics for 2018, and the General Aviation segment increased its billings to...

Premium 2018.17 – General Aviation Holding Steady in First Quarter

May 14, 2018 | Aerospace, Airbus Helicopters, Bell, Bombardier, Business Jets, Cessna, Cirrus, Daher, Embraer, Gama, General Aviation, Gulfstream, Hondajet, Leonardo, Pilatus, Piper, premium, Textron Aviation

GAMA released its first-quarter statistics, and the General Aviation segment increased its billings by 3.3% when...

Piper Aircraft Press Conference

Jul 25, 2017 | General Category, Piper

Piper's CEO, Simon Caldecott, provided an update on the company's performance and grounding of the M600 model....

Premium #308: Looking Ahead to 2017

Dec 20, 2016 | Airbus, ATR, AVIC, Boeing, Bombardier, Business Jets, Cessna, COMAC, Daher Socata, Embraer, Gulfstream, Hondajet, Irkut, Mitsubishi, Pilatus, Piper, premium, Sukhoi Aerospace, Superjet, UAC

As we approach the end of the year, it is time to look ahead to the new year, and what we will likely see next year. ...

EAA 2016 Highlighted by New Turboprop Competition

Jul 26, 2016 | ATP, Cessna, Cirrus, Daher Socata, Diamond, Embraer, General Electric, Pilatus, Piper, Pratt & Whitney Canada, Textron

Visiting EAA’s AirVenture gathering in Oshkosh, Wisconsin is both a treat and an amazing experience. Especially doing...

New single engine turboprops debut at Sun & Fun

Apr 6, 2016 | Daher Socata, Piper, Pratt & Whitney Canada, Turboprops

Two new single engine turboprops debut at the Sun & Fun event sponsored by AOPA in Florida this week. ...

Premium #199 – Business Aircraft OEM Consolidation

Dec 8, 2015 | Bombardier, Cessna, Cirrus, Dassault, Embraer, Fokker, Gulfstream, Honeywell International, Kestrel Aircraft, Northrop Grumman, Pilatus, Piper, premium, SAAB, Textron

In the wake of the NBAA show, the contrast in the relative lack of consolidation among business aircraft OEMs when...

Premium #196 – The Outlook for Business Aviation

Nov 17, 2015 | Aerospace, Cessna, Dassault, Embraer, Gulfstream, Honeywell International, Kestrel Aircraft, Pilatus, Piper, premium, Textron, Viking

The National Business Aircraft Association convention is underway in Las Vegas, and today we will examine the market...

An Inflection Point for a General Aviation Recovery?

Nov 9, 2011 | Bombardier, Business Jets, Cessna, Embraer, Gulfstream, Piper

GAMA, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association, recently released aircraft shipment figures for the third...

RIP Piper Jet?

Oct 24, 2011 | Aerospace, Bizjet, Piper

Another very light jet - the Piper Altaire - has hit financial turbulence before coming to market, and the development...