Overview
An american aircraft manufacturing company that is well known for training aircraft and the classic Piper Cub. Originally founded in Lock Haven, PA by William Piper in 1937 Piper has manufactured simple cloth skin to all-metal high performance airplanes for general avaition.
Currently, Piper makes a series of single-engine and multi-engine airplanes for the general aviation market. This includes the Warrior III, Arrow, Seminole, Seneca V, Matrix, Mirage, and Meridian. The Matrix, Mirage, and Meridian are variants of each other and high performance single-engine designs. Their newest model, the PiperJet a single engine six seater is their entrance into the VLJ (Very light jet) market.
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Fast Facts
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Annual Revenue
$7.6M
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Industry
Aircraft manufacturing
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Founder
William T. Piper
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Phone
772-567-4361
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Headquarters
Vero Beach, FL
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Established
1937
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CEO
James K. (Jim) Bass
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VP Sales
Robert A. (Bob) Kromer
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CFO
Michael J. Kelley
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Type
private
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PiperJet
New pressurized, single engine, 6 seat VLJ(Very light jet)
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Piper Meridian
6 seat, pressurized, single-engine turboprop
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Piper Mirage
6 seat, pressurized, turbo-supercharged single-engine piston (piston version of Meridian)
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Piper Matrix
New unpressurized version of the Mirage with same engine
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Piper Seneca V
6 seat, turbo-supercharged multi-engine piston
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Piper Seminole
4 seat, multi-engine piston, popular light twin trainer
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Piper Arrow
4 seat, single-engine piston, upgraded retractable gear variant of Warrior III
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Warrior III
4 seat, single-engine piston, fixed gear, their most basic model
