Avionics
Flight School Turns 25 Warriors into TAA Trainers
Modifying 25 airplanes cost about $1 million
Piper Warrior avionics upgrade for Nationwide Aviation
The top photo shows the Piper Warrior's instrument panel before the Garmin avionics modification (below). © Nationwide Aviation

Nationwide Aviation, a flight school with locations in the Dallas-Fort Worth and Nashville, Tennessee areas, has updated the avionics on its fleet of 25 Piper Warrior training airplanes, qualifying the trainers as technically advanced aircraft (TAA). The company spent about $1 million on the fleet upgrade, which was completed by Sparkchasers Aircraft Services in Smithfield, North Carolina.

In addition to an IFR Garmin avionics suite, the modification included a new custom-designed and powder-coated instrument panel with dual USB-A and -C charging ports, custom switches, and an Electroair EA-15000 ignition switch panel with pushbutton starter.

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