Aircraft
Piper’s plans to reveal VLJ today; Cirrus backs off talk of a jet ‘soon’
While Piper Aircraft is poised to unveil a new compact jet at its booth (No.

While Piper Aircraft is poised to unveil a new compact jet at its booth (No. 5785) this morning, Cirrus Design Corp.’s booth (No. 2957) will offer no such event, in spite of speculation that an announcement was near. But Cirrus president Alan Klapmeier told NBAA Convention News that the company is working steadily on its own very light jet (VLJ) program, and will spill the beans when his engineering team is further along with the design.