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Piper Aircraft
Bruneian-owned aircraft manufacturer located in the United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Piper Aircraft, Inc. is a manufacturer of general aviation aircraft, located at the Vero Beach Regional Airport in Vero Beach, Florida, United States and owned since 2009 by the Government of Brunei.[1] Throughout much of the mid-to-late 20th century, it was considered to be one of the "Big Three" in the field of general aviation manufacturing, along with Beechcraft and Cessna.[2]
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Company type | State-owned enterprise |
Industry | General aviation |
Founded | 1927; 97 years ago (1927) in Rochester, New York |
Founders | William Piper Clarence Taylor Gordon Taylor |
Headquarters | Vero Beach, Florida, United States |
Key people | John Calcagno (President and CEO since April 2021), Danny Markford (Vice President and Chief Financial Officer) |
Products | Light aircraft |
Owner | Brunei Ministry of Finance |
Website | www |
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Between its founding in 1927 and the end of 2009, the company produced 144,000 aircraft in 160 certified models, of which 90,000 are still flying.[3]