Piper made its first appearance at AirVenture under new ownership and under the stewardship of new CEO Kevin Gould and President John Becker. Now owned by Imprimis, Piper unveiled sweeping plans to ...

The PiperJet successfully completed its first flight on Wednesday afternoon, powered by a single Williams FJ44-3AP turbofan. Performance targets for the PiperJet include a 360-knot cruise speed, ...

While we’ve enjoyed our HondaJet which we use to link our transcontinental Gizmodo team together (I’m lying), we’ve grown tired of that and are now ready for our PiperJet, a single-engine, ...

Piper Aicraft completed the first run of the Williams FJ44-3A engine mounted in the vertical tail of the PiperJet proof-of-concept airplane and began initial taxi tests (BA, June 23/287). “For the ...

Based on nearly 20h of flight testing and hundreds of windtunnel runs, Piper Aircraft is homing in on the final aerodynamic design of its new $2.2 million single-engined PiperJet, scheduled for first ...

Piper Aircraft today is introducing its evolved and renamed PiperJet Altaire, showing a mockup of the redesigned fuselage and cabin interior and describing The newly named Piper Altaire has abandoned ...

Piper Aircraft announced yesterday that it has placed the PiperJet Altaire program “under review,” clouding the single-engine jet’s future The future of the PiperJet Altaire appears hazy, as Piper has ...

Piper Aircraft has decided to pursue a mid-2013 service-entry date for its first jet. The single-engined six-seat PiperJet had been scheduled to be certificated and to enter service at the end of 2011 ...

Vero Beach and Indian River County officials next week expect to plan when they can hold a special referendum asking local voters to approve $40 million of general obligation bonds as part of a $76.5 ...

Piper Aircraft is often considered to be one of the "Big Three" of general aviation aircraft manufacturers. Piper finds itself alongside the other two general aviation aircraft manufacturers of the ...

Piper Aircraft Inc. on Tuesday announced it will be offering discounted costs for some current customers interested in upgrading to the PiperJet Altaire. © 2025 ...

Piper has revised its plans for a personal jet and instead has developed its concept to create a new VLJ called the Altaire. The new jet was revealed at the NBAA Convention in Atlanta earlier today.