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Piper’s Altaire Gets Ready To Fly

Piper is getting ready to fly its Altaire single-engine jet next year and is doing the spadework to place it into economical production.

Piper says 80 percent of the detail design work on its single-engine Altaire jet is complete as it aims for a first flight in 2012.

By Mark Huber • Contributor

October 11, 2011

Piper is getting ready to fly its Altaire single-engine jet next year and is doing the spadework to place it into economical production. That is the message from vice president Randy Groom, who said that 80 percent of the detail design work is complete, sheet metal components are in fabrication, vendor selection is finished and the first assembly tools have arrived at the company’s Vero Beach, Fla. factory.

Groom said not to expect a rollout this year but it will complete “substantial pieces of the aircraft,” including wing structures and parts of the fuselage, by year-end. He also said it expects to complete five of the six test aircraft (four flying, one static, one fatigue) in 2012. Piper says it remains on track to certify the $2.6 million Williams FJ44-3AP-powered single in 2013 and commence deliveries in 2014. More than 200 aircraft are on order, and production is sold out through 2016.

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