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BRIEFING
MILESTONES
Piper, FIT launch alliance
DURING PIPER’S ANNIVERSARY
celebration, President and CEO Simon Caldecott said the company will re-engage in the training market and announced that it has launched a Piper Aviation Career Alliance with the Florida Institute of Technology (FIT). The partnership will educate and provide enhanced vocational opportunities for graduates from FIT’s aviation program as well as other programs at the school. “We’ve been neglecting the training market,” Caldecott said. “One of our big objectives is to work with flight schools and create long-term alliances.”
Piper celebrates 75 years
Hosts an anniversary celebration in Vero Beach
BY MIKE COLLINS THERE WASN’T A CAKE—although there were cupcakes aplenty as Piper Aircraft Inc. hosted a celebration of its seventy-fifth anniversary at its Vero Beach, Florida, headquarters and factory in November. Hundreds of people were on hand and 84 aircraft—including Piper products representing the company’s lineage back to its first model, the J–3 Cub—flew in. Bill Waldron of Morristown, New Jersey, flew down with three friends for the weekend in his 1965 Piper Comanche 400. He said he’s visited the Piper factory several times and wanted to be there for the anniversary celebration. “I figured I’d fly my Comanche back to its home—even though it was made in Lock Haven,” he laughed. David Hockin of Huntsville, Ontario, Canada, had to leave his 1947 J–3 behind. The airplane, with a Continental O-200 engine and straight floats, had just been put away for the winter. Visitors were able to tour Piper’s manufacturing facility, and hear a presentation on the company’s past by Piper’s historian, Roger Peperell. The venerable manufacturer is not resting on its laurels, however. Piper President and CEO Simon Caldecott, who has led Piper for the past 13 months, said that one of his goals is to re-engage Piper in the training market. “We recognized we were missing a big opportunity. Piper Aircraft’s heritage is in training aircraft—the Piper Cub is a great example of that. The Cub trained 80 percent of the pilots during World War II, and today approximately 28 percent of people learn to fly in a Piper product,” he said. Piper is updating its training aircraft—the Seminole twin and Archer single— with Garmin G1000 glass-cockpit avionics suites, beginning with 2013 deliveries. FIT, a frequent Piper customer that most recently purchased 12 new Pipers five years ago, will take delivery of eight new Piper Archer TX aircraft next year, and has options on 16 additional Archer TX or Seminole TX trainers for future delivery.
EMAIL mike.collins@aopa.org
BILL WALDRON of Morristown,
New Jersey, flew to Vero Beach in his Piper Comanche 400 for the celebration.
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2013
Contents
President’s Position
Visual Approach
Letters
Waypoints
Proficient Pilot
Safety Pilot
License to Learn
Pilot Counsel
Fly Well
Strength In Purpose
Watch What You Eat
Milestones
AOPA Foundation
Test Pilot
News
LSA Focus: Light Years Ahead
LSA Focus: Personal Vision
LSA Focus: Buying Into the Dream
Will Fly For Food
Technique
Ownership
Avionics
Efficiency
Never Again
Frugal Flier
State & Local Action
Products and Partners
Products and Services
Air Safety Institute
AOPA Insurance Services-Aviation
AOPA Member Benefits
Fly by Wire
Pilots
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2013 - Letters
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2013 - Waypoints
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2013 - License to Learn
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2013 - Pilot Counsel
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2013 - Fly Well
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2013 - Strength In Purpose
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2013 - AOPA Foundation
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2013 - Technique
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2013 - Ownership
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2013 - Avionics
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2013 - Efficiency
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2013 - Never Again
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2013 - Frugal Flier
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2013 - AOPA Member Benefits
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