LORD Corporation has developed a fluid-free shimmy damper for the Piper PA-28/32 aircraft. The product, LORD Part Number SE-1508-1, will be available to the market in July. The LORD Fluid-Free Shimmy Damper offers consistent damping in a maintenance-free design and uses surface-effect technology to reduce nose wheel shimmy, according to company officials. LORD has replaced the hydraulic piston […]
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EASA STC granted for diesel Archers
Piper Aircraft and Continental Motors Group have collaborated to obtain a European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Supplemental Type Certificate for Piper Archer aircraft powered by the Centurion 2.0S diesel engine. The prototype aircraft, which was test flown to obtain EASA approval, made its debut at Aero Friedrichshafen, the global show for general aviation held earlier […]
Piper delivers 550th Meridian
VERO BEACH, Fla. — Piper Aircraft today delivered the company’s 550th new Meridian to a Swedish customer who purchased the first new Meridian to enter service in that Northern European country. Håkan Svensson, Chief Executive Officer of Aston Harald AB, located in Öckerö, Sweden, accepted delivery of the Piper Meridian, his first aircraft, in ceremonies […]
Piper, ATP to debut POH for iPad at AOPA Summit
Piper Aircraft and Aircraft Technical Publishers (ATP) will debut new, electronic Pilot Operating Handbook (E-POH) libraries for Piper’s M-Class and Twin-Class aircraft using the HubConnect App for iPad from ATP. Both companies will have experts available at Piper’s static aircraft display at Fort Worth Meacham International Airport during the 2013 AOPA Aviation Summit and Airportfest […]
Concorde Battery now original equipment on new Pipers
Concorde batteries are now original equipment on all new 24-volt production Piper aircraft. According to Concorde Battery officials, in 2012 Piper Aircraft began the evolution, upgrading Mirage, Matrix and Seneca models to Concorde batteries. The transition is now complete, officials report, with Concorde batteries original equipment on all new production aircraft. RG24-20 (Piper P/N 601-923) is […]
Hartzell gains STC for Comanche Top Prop
Hartzell Propeller has been granted a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for a new aluminum alloy, Scimitar-blade prop for the Piper PA-24 Comanche 180. The new prop, designed for Comanches built between 1957 to 1964 powered by the 180 hp Lycoming O-360-A1A engine, features the same blade design that has previously been available for several Mooney and […]
Entegra Release 9 avionics certified on Saratoga NX
Avidyne Corp. and NexAir Avionics of Mansfield, Mass., have received Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approval from the FAA for the installation of the Avidyne Entegra Release 9 Integrated Flight Deck (R9) in the Piper PA-32-301 series Saratoga aircraft. This R9 certification is part of the overall FAA approval of NexAir’s Saratoga NX aircraft revitalization program, […]
Aspen Evolution backup display expands to Archer and Seminoles
Piper Aircraft has selected Aspen Avionic’s Evolution Backup Display system for its Piper Archer (pictured) and Seminole line of aircraft. The Evolution Backup Display is a fully digital, independent flight display system designed to replace mechanical backup instruments used in Part 23 glass panel installations. Previously announced was the approval for delivery of the Piper […]
Piper receives OK for Garmin G1000 in Seneca
VERO BEACH, Fla. — Piper Aircraft has received Type Certificate approval from the FAA to incorporate the Garmin G1000 avionics suite into new twin-engine Piper Seneca V aircraft models for delivery beginning this year. According to company officials, Piper is one of the first manufacturers to adopt the most recent G1000 software supporting a three […]