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Piper News Piper News Sat, 11 Apr 2026 23:41:50 +0000 Sat, 11 Apr 2026 23:41:50 +0000 JetForums - Jet Aviation's Premier Online Community https://www.jetforums.net/privatejet/piper-news.67/ News: Piper M700 Fury Now Certified To Operate On Unpaved Surfaces Fri, 16 Aug 2024 17:23:08 +0000 https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-piper-m700-fury-now-certified-to-operate-on-unpaved-surfaces.4954/ https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-piper-m700-fury-now-certified-to-operate-on-unpaved-surfaces.4954/ invalid@example.com (Jet News) Jet News Unpaved Surface Certification Received By Piper For M700 Fury
On the 12th of August, Piper Aircraft's flagship M700 Fury has now been certified to operate from unpaved surfaces such as gravel, coral, sand, clay, hard-packed soil mixtures, grass, turf or sod are good to land on with the latest approval from the Federal Aviation Administration. "The Fury’s performance was exceptional considering the FAA’s rigorous testing requirements for unpaved...

News: Piper M700 Fury Now Certified To Operate On Unpaved Surfaces]]> 2 News: Piper M700 Fury Certified By FAA Tue, 05 Mar 2024 21:20:47 +0000 https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-piper-m700-fury-certified-by-faa.4893/ https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-piper-m700-fury-certified-by-faa.4893/ invalid@example.com (Jet News) Jet News Deliveries Of M700 Fury Start
It was just at the start of February that Piper Aircraft announced the new Piper M700 Fury. This aircraft is going to be replacing the M600SLS model and is the first step in a new generation in the M-Class lineup. Yes, the Piper president and CEO John Calcagno teased that there will be more to come in the future. He suggested that the M-Class will be expanding both above and below the current offering.]]> 2 News: Piper Unveils M700 Fury Thu, 08 Feb 2024 12:10:57 +0000 https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-piper-unveils-m700-fury.4873/ https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-piper-unveils-m700-fury.4873/ invalid@example.com (Jet News) Jet News New M700 Fury By Piper Aircraft
Piper Aircraft unveiled the latest iteration of its M-Class turboprop single. It is called the M700 Fury which takes over flagship status from the M600SLS. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification for the newest aircraft is expected to come in March of this year while other international approvals are set to be awarded in the second half of the year. That is, Transport Canada, EASA, UK...

News: Piper Unveils M700 Fury]]> 2 News: SAF Now Available For M600/SLS; Meridian; M500 Wed, 19 Apr 2023 16:28:22 +0000 https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-saf-now-available-for-m600-sls-meridian-m500.4633/ https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-saf-now-available-for-m600-sls-meridian-m500.4633/ invalid@example.com (Jet News) Jet News PA-46-based Pipers Can Fly on SAF
Piper is proud to announce that Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) is now available to be utilized on all PA-46 based Piper aircraft. That includes the M600/SLS, M500, and Meridian. SAF is not only FAA approved via SAIB NE-11-56R4, but is available for use in every country that turbine M-Class aircraft operate. This is good news for owners and operators of these models who can now have cleaner operations as a...

News: SAF Now Available For M600/SLS; Meridian; M500]]> 1 News: Coming This Spring Piper M600/SLS Gets More High Tech Thu, 30 Mar 2023 19:47:40 +0000 https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-coming-this-spring-piper-m600-sls-gets-more-high-tech.4609/ https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-coming-this-spring-piper-m600-sls-gets-more-high-tech.4609/ invalid@example.com (Jet News) Jet News Piper M600/SLS Gets More High Tech From This Spring
From this Spring, the Piper M600/SLS is going to be more high-tech than before thanks to some additions the company is making available to owners of this model. Owners of the newest M600/SLS can look forward to some upgrades to existing G3000 software, first previewed to Piper customers at NBAA-BACE 2022 in Orlando, FL. The updated software includes enhancements to the synthetic vision system,...

News: Coming This Spring Piper M600/SLS Gets More High Tech]]> 1 News: Piper M600/SLS Now Approved For Unpaved Field Operations Thu, 17 Nov 2022 12:54:46 +0000 https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-piper-m600-sls-now-approved-for-unpaved-field-operations.4480/ https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-piper-m600-sls-now-approved-for-unpaved-field-operations.4480/ invalid@example.com (Jet News) Jet News Unpaved Field Ops Approved For Piper M600/SLS
The latest addition in the growing improvements to the Piper M600/SLS single engine turboprop flagship is certification for unpaved field operations. The green-light has been awarded by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Piper has received numerous requests from different sectors around the world and this has pushed the airframer in the direction for developing the capability for their...

News: Piper M600/SLS Now Approved For Unpaved Field Operations]]> 1 News: Piper First To Certify Garmin's GWX 8000 Weather Radar Tue, 27 Jul 2021 12:45:07 +0000 https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-piper-first-to-certify-garmins-gwx-8000-weather-radar.3894/ https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-piper-first-to-certify-garmins-gwx-8000-weather-radar.3894/ invalid@example.com (Jet News) Jet News Piper First To Certify Garmin's GWX 8000 Weather Radar
Piper Aircraft has created a first for itself. The airframer has received certification of the new Garmin GWX 8000 weather radar in all M-Class aircraft models. Piper Aircraft is now the first general aviation airframer to certify the all-digital radar in a turbo prop or piston product. "We are excited to lead the general aviation industry with the certification of the...

News: Piper First To Certify Garmin's GWX 8000 Weather Radar]]> 1 News: Piper M600/SLS HALO System Awarded EASA Certification Thu, 06 May 2021 18:17:41 +0000 https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-piper-m600-sls-halo-system-awarded-easa-certification.3799/ https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-piper-m600-sls-halo-system-awarded-easa-certification.3799/ invalid@example.com (Jet News) Jet News Piper M600/SLS HALO System Awarded EASA Certification
Towards the end of April Piper Aircraft, Inc. announced that it has been awarded approval from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for its M600/SLS HALO safety system with Garmin Autoland. As the global pandemic begins to subside, Piper Aircraft is looking to engage in a robust European M600/SLS demo tour, visiting all Piper dealer partners as well as key markets...

News: Piper M600/SLS HALO System Awarded EASA Certification]]> 1 News: Piper M600/SLS Sold At 2021 Sun 'n Fun Tue, 27 Apr 2021 19:08:38 +0000 https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-piper-m600-sls-sold-at-2021-sun-n-fun.3788/ https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-piper-m600-sls-sold-at-2021-sun-n-fun.3788/ invalid@example.com (Jet News) Jet News New M600/SLS Sold At Sun 'n Fun

For Piper Aircraft it was worth attending this year's edition of the Sun 'n Fun Aerospace Expo which recently wrapped up. The company announced that during the show it sold a flagship M600/SLS. The autoland feature on the M600SLS is of particular note, even the dealer for the sale praises the feature onboard the aircraft. "Piper hit a homerun with the SLS and its revolutionary HALO Safety...

News: Piper M600/SLS Sold At 2021 Sun 'n Fun]]> 1 News: Piper Meridian Ready For G1000 NXi Upgrades Thu, 27 Aug 2020 15:22:09 +0000 https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-piper-meridian-ready-for-g1000-nxi-upgrades.3576/ https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-piper-meridian-ready-for-g1000-nxi-upgrades.3576/ invalid@example.com (Jet News) Jet News Certification Green-Lights G1000 NXi Upgrade For Piper Meridian
The Piper Meridian from Piper Aircraft is now in-line to receive the Garmin G1000 NXi upgrade. This is thanks to recent certification granted from the United States-based Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The certification applies to Piper Meridians equipped with the G1000 cockpit. Some of the advantages with going from the G1000 to the G1000 NXi include; SurfaceWatchTM,...

News: Piper Meridian Ready For G1000 NXi Upgrades]]> 1 News: Piper Receives FAA Certification For HALO Equipped M600 SLS Mon, 18 May 2020 21:30:11 +0000 https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-piper-receives-faa-certification-for-halo-equipped-m600-sls.3479/ https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-piper-receives-faa-certification-for-halo-equipped-m600-sls.3479/ invalid@example.com (Jet News) Jet News Piper Receives FAA Certification For HALO Equipped M600 SLS
Piper Aircraft announced today that their flagship M600 SLS aircraft has received FAA certification for the HALO safety/autoland system. The FAA approval gives the M600 SLS distinction of being the first Garmin Autoland equipped aircraft in the world to receive certification. "We are delighted to announce the certification of the M600/SLS with the HALO Safety System by the FAA",...

News: Piper Receives FAA Certification For HALO Equipped M600 SLS]]> 1 News: Piper M600 SLS HALO Flying Nationwide Thu, 06 Feb 2020 20:32:51 +0000 https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-piper-m600-sls-halo-flying-nationwide.3411/ https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-piper-m600-sls-halo-flying-nationwide.3411/ invalid@example.com (Jet News) Jet News HALO Over America Tour Kicks Off For Piper M600 SLS
All Piper Dealer-partners in the United States will be seeing the Piper M600 SLS HALO aircraft as the company sends a HALO Safety System including Garmin Autoland M600 SLS on a Demo Tour nationwide. The tour starts in early February and is expected to run for the next two months. The stops include, Des Moines Flying Service (DSM) in Des Moines, IA, Kansas, Texas, the Northeast, mid-Altantic...

News: Piper M600 SLS HALO Flying Nationwide]]> 1 News: Piper Aircraft Introduces M600 SLS Thu, 31 Oct 2019 17:57:45 +0000 https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-piper-aircraft-introduces-m600-sls.3303/ https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-piper-aircraft-introduces-m600-sls.3303/ invalid@example.com (Jet News) Jet News M600 SLS From Piper Aircraft
Piper Aircraft has been quiet in recent times but they are back in the news because of a revamp of the top-of-the-line M600. The new next-gen variant is called the M600 SLS. What's different about the SLS versus the standard M600 we have been accustomed to? Firstly, the SLS stands for Safety Luxury and Support which gives an idea the direction we are going in with this aircraft. The M600 SLS has something...

News: Piper Aircraft Introduces M600 SLS]]> 1 News: Piper M500 Cockpit Soon Upgradable To Garmin G1000 NXi Fri, 05 Oct 2018 22:52:38 +0000 https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-piper-m500-cockpit-soon-upgradable-to-garmin-g1000-nxi.2773/ https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-piper-m500-cockpit-soon-upgradable-to-garmin-g1000-nxi.2773/ invalid@example.com (Jet News) Jet News Garmin G1000 NXi Coming To Piper M500
Come next year, the Piper M500 will have the newest generation of the G1000 avionics suite, the G1000 NXi. The Piper M500 comes from the factory with the G1000 installed but once this STC for the G1000 NXi is validated then existing cockpits of the M500 model will be upgradable. Garmin says that there are no panel modifications needed for the upgrade when it becomes available. ]]> 1 News: Piper Q2 Performance Continues On Growth Trend Tue, 24 Jul 2018 13:31:10 +0000 https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-piper-q2-performance-continues-on-growth-trend.2719/ https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-piper-q2-performance-continues-on-growth-trend.2719/ invalid@example.com (Jet News) Jet News Piper's Growth Accelerates With Good Q2 Performance
Despite the recent FAA Airworthiness directive against Piper's flagship M600 the company should be in good spirits after enjoying a good second quarter performance overall. The overall performance for Q2 is up 65-percent over the same period last year. The company posted Q2 2018 aircraft revenue of $62.3M on 53 deliveries versus $52.1M revenue on 32 aircraft deliveries in 2017. Piper’s...

News: Piper Q2 Performance Continues On Growth Trend]]> 1 News: FAA Issues AirWorthiness Directive For Piper M600 Mon, 16 Jul 2018 14:29:02 +0000 https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-faa-issues-airworthiness-directive-for-piper-m600.2705/ https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-faa-issues-airworthiness-directive-for-piper-m600.2705/ invalid@example.com (Jet News) Jet News FAA AirWorthiness Directive For Piper's M600
Piper Aircraft's flagship model the M600 single engine turboprop has been handed down an airworthiness directive from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). It appears that on some M600s undersized fasteners have been used in construction and to address this "unsafe condition" the FAA is issuing an airworthiness directive that will go into effect from July 25th, 2018. They are looking at...

News: FAA Issues AirWorthiness Directive For Piper M600]]> 1 News: Piper's Deliveries; Revenue Rise In Q1 2018 Thu, 26 Apr 2018 18:49:54 +0000 https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-pipers-deliveries-revenue-rise-in-q1-2018.2636/ https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-pipers-deliveries-revenue-rise-in-q1-2018.2636/ invalid@example.com (Jet News) Jet News Q1 2018 Sees Deliveries; Revenue Rise For Piper
The first quarter ending March 31, 2018 proved to be good for Piper Aircraft. In a press release today, the company announced that new aircraft deliveries and revenue are up thanks in part to the flagship M600 turboprop. Also, trainer sales are up led by the Archer program. Piper says, the backlog for this platform leads into the third quarter of 2019. First quarter 2018 performance showed...

News: Piper's Deliveries; Revenue Rise In Q1 2018]]> 1 News: Piper M600 Latin America Debut At FIDAE Wed, 28 Mar 2018 13:00:15 +0000 https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-piper-m600-latin-america-debut-at-fidae.2585/ https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-piper-m600-latin-america-debut-at-fidae.2585/ invalid@example.com (Jet News) Jet News FIDAE To See Piper M600 For The First Time
The FIDAE Show is expected o start on April 3rd and run through to the 8th of April. It is at this show that Piper is expected to display one of their M600 turboprops for the first time. To be more specific, Piper is collaborating with Chilean dealer Aeroneed to display the aircraft at the exhibition. Running up to the show, Piper has the M600 on demo tour and will continue after the show marking its...

News: Piper M600 Latin America Debut At FIDAE]]> 1 News: Rising Aircraft Demand Leads To Increased Employment At Piper Tue, 26 Dec 2017 17:18:39 +0000 https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-rising-aircraft-demand-leads-to-increased-employment-at-piper.2496/ https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-rising-aircraft-demand-leads-to-increased-employment-at-piper.2496/ invalid@example.com (Jet News) Jet News Increased Employment At Piper As a Result Of High Aircraft Demand
Piper has seen the largest expansion of its employment role since 2009. The airframer said that it has achieved double-digit growth in deliveries and aircraft revenue for the 2017 period so far. The increase in demand for Piper products and resulting increase in production volume has driven the company headcount to over 900 employees located at the Piper world headquarters in...

News: Rising Aircraft Demand Leads To Increased Employment At Piper]]> 1 News: Piper Continues Upward Trend In Q3 Mon, 20 Nov 2017 18:15:01 +0000 https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-piper-continues-upward-trend-in-q3.2464/ https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-piper-continues-upward-trend-in-q3.2464/ invalid@example.com (Jet News) Jet News Deliveries; Revenue Continues Upward In Q3 For Piper
Piper is continuing where it left off in the 2nd quarter of the year with decent revenue and deliveries. The same has filtered through to the end of the third quarter and thus the company had decent figures to report. Aircraft sales continued to grow in both the Trainer class and M-class product lines with the flagship M600 and the single engine Archer TX trainer leading the sales expansion...

News: Piper Continues Upward Trend In Q3]]> 1 News: Piper's M-Class At 2017 NBAA Sat, 30 Sep 2017 07:22:07 +0000 https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-pipers-m-class-at-2017-nbaa.2416/ https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-pipers-m-class-at-2017-nbaa.2416/ invalid@example.com (Jet News) Jet News Piper's M-Class At 2017 NBAA
If you are going to be attending the 2017 edition of the NBAA - National Business Aviation Association- you might want to pass by the Piper section. Piper says they will be showcasing their M-Class line at the show this year and of course that includes the M600, M500 and M350. The show will start on October 10th at the Las Vegas Convention Center and run through to the 12th.]]> 1 News: Piper's Deliveries; Revenues Uptick Q2 2017 Mon, 28 Aug 2017 16:26:05 +0000 https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-pipers-deliveries-revenues-uptick-q2-2017.2385/ https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-pipers-deliveries-revenues-uptick-q2-2017.2385/ invalid@example.com (Jet News) Jet News Piper's Deliveries; Revenues Uptick Q2 2017
Piper recently announced performance figures suggesting the continued uptick in deliveries and revenues for the second quarter of 2017. This is relevant up to the ending July 30th. The company continued to grow its new aircraft deliveries and revenue with sales of turbine, M-Class products leading the company’s performance success. Additionally, Piper trainer sales growth is being led by the...

News: Piper's Deliveries; Revenues Uptick Q2 2017]]> 1 News: Second Quarter Sales Boom For Piper Wed, 09 Aug 2017 13:57:43 +0000 https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-second-quarter-sales-boom-for-piper.2363/ https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-second-quarter-sales-boom-for-piper.2363/ invalid@example.com (Jet News) Jet News Piper Enjoys Good Second Quarter Performance
Piper had a relatively good second quarter performance regarding sales. Overall the first half of the year has been decent for the airframer. Sales rose by 26-percent with deliveries being up by 30-percent as compared to the same time-frame last year. Revenues are up 10.7-million dollars over the same period compared to 2016 thanks to the 52.1 million dollars made. ]]> 1 News: Piper M600 Secures EASA Certification Tue, 23 May 2017 16:26:23 +0000 https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-piper-m600-secures-easa-certification.2298/ https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-piper-m600-secures-easa-certification.2298/ invalid@example.com (Jet News) Jet News Piper M600 Gains EASA Certification
Piper has secured the long awaited EASA certification for its single-engine M600 turboprop flagship. With the approval in hand, the company can now move ahead with deliveries to its European customers to operate within European airspace. Actually the first European bound M600 will be delivered to a Czech Republic-based customer in the third quarter of this year. ]]> 1 News: First Piper M600 Sold Into Europe Tue, 25 Apr 2017 19:13:59 +0000 https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-first-piper-m600-sold-into-europe.2254/ https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-first-piper-m600-sold-into-europe.2254/ invalid@example.com (Jet News) Jet News Piper Sells First M600 Into Europe
Piper is continuing to push the sales potential of one of their latest turboprop aircraft, the M600. This is why they attended the Aero Friedrichshafen in Germany recently and their hard work paid off with the sale of an M600 unit on the first day of the show. This particular unit is expected to be delivered to the new owner by late third quarter. The owner is actually a corporate company that deals in...

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