Piper Aircraft, Inc., is a manufacturer of general aviation aircraft, located at the Vero Beach Municipal Airport in Vero Beach, Florida.
Between its founding in 1927 and the end of 2009 the company has produced 144,000 aircraft in 160 certified models, of which 90,000 are still flying.
Originally founded as the Taylor Brothers Aircraft Manufacturing Company in September 1927 by Clarence Gilbert Taylor and Gordon A. Taylor in Rochester, New York. The company was renamed Taylor Brothers Aircraft Corporation in April 1928, shortly before Gordon Taylor died in a plane crash on April 24, 1928. The company was enticed to move to Bradford, Pennsylvania with the promise of larger facility and investment capital from local businessmen, including an initial investment of $400 from local oilman William T. Piper. The move was completed in September, 1929.
In October 2006, Piper Aircraft announced the first jet (that the company would work all the way from design to production) that they would be developing, a single-enginedvery light jet (VLJ), known as the PA-47 PiperJet, to compete with the twin-engined Eclipse 500 and Cessna Citation Mustang. The aircraft will carry six (6) passengers, have a single, tail-mounted turbofan, and be capable of cruising at 360 knots (670 km/h), at a maximum altitude of 35,000 ft (11,000 m) Maximum range will be 1300 nm, with a full-fuel payload of 800 lb (360 kg). A selling price of $2.199 m (2006 USD) is quoted. An Entry-into-Service date of early 2010 is anticipated. On June 30, 2008 the Piper Jet made its maiden test flight at Vero Beach, Florida.
In September 2007, Piper announced the PA-46R-350T Matrix, an unpressurized, single-engine piston aircraft based on the Mirage. It will seat six and will be sold for a base price of $757,000 (2007 USD), to be a third model in the Malibu family, along with the top-end, turboprop-powered Meridian and the Piper Mirage.
On 21 January 2010 the company announced that they have licenced the CZAW SportCruiser and will market it as the PiperSport. Piper CEO Kevin Gould said: "The PiperSport is an amazing entry-level aircraft that will bring new customers into Piper and lead the way for those customers to step up into more sophisticated and higher performance aircraft within our line over time."
List of Piper aircraft
| Model name | First flight | Number built | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| J-2 Cub | 1936 | 1207 | Single-engined high-wing cabin monoplane |
| J-3 Cub | 1938 | 19,888 | Single-engined high-wing cabin monoplane |
| J-4 Cub Coupe | 1939 | 1251 | Single-engined high-wing cabin monoplane |
| J-5 Cub Cruiser | 1940 | 1507 | Single-engined high-wing cabin monoplane |
| P-1 Applegate Duck | 1940 | 1 | Amphibian |
| P-2 Cub | 1941 | 1 | Single-engined high-wing cabin monoplane |
| P-3 | 1939 | 1 | Single-engined high-wing cabin monoplane, also known as J-4RX |
| P-4 Cub | 1941 | 1 | Single-engined high-wing cabin monoplane |
| P-5 | 1944 | 1 | Single-engined high-wing cabin monoplane, also known as J-3X |
| PT-1 Trainer | 1942 | 1 | Two-seats in tandem, low-wing monoplane |
| PWA-1 Skycoupe | 1943 | 1 | Two seat low wing twin-boom monoplane, later became PA-7 |
| PWA-8 Cub Cycle | 1944 | 1 | Single seat, mid-wing single-engine monoplane |
| PA-6 Sky Sedan | 1945 | 2 | Four seat, low-wing retractable gear monoplane |
| PA-7 Skycoupe | 1944 | 1 | Two seat low wing twin-boom monoplane, was PWA-1, |
| PA-8 Skycycle | 1945 | 2 | Single seat, mid-wing single-engine monoplane |
| PA-9 | 1945 | None | Single-engined high-wing observation and liaison |
| PA-10 | 1946 | None | Single-engined low-wing side-by-side two-seater |
| PA-11 Cub Special | 1947 | 1541 | Single-engined high-wing cabin monoplane |
| PA-12 Super Cruiser | 1946 | 3760 | Single-engined high-wing cabin monoplane |
| PA-13 | - | none | Designation not used |
| PA-14 Family Cruiser | 1948 | 238 | Single-engined high-wing cabin monoplane |
| PA-15 Vagabond | 1948 | 387 | Side-by-side two-seat high-wing |
| PA-16 Clipper | 1949 | 736 | Four-seat version of the PA-15 |
| PA-17 Vagabond | 1948 | 214 | Dual-control variant of the PA-15 |
| PA-18 Super Cub | 1950 | 10,222 | Single-engined high-wing cabin monoplane |
| PA-19 Super Cub | 1949 | 3 | Military variant of the PA-18 |
| PA-20 Pacer | 1950 | 1120 | Re-designed PA-16 |
| PA-21 | 1949 | None | Production version of the Bauman Brigadier |
| PA-22 Tri-Pacer | 1951 | 9490 | Updated version of the PA-20 with nose wheel |
| PA-23 Apache | 1954 | 2047 | Twin-engined low-wing cabin monoplane |
| PA-24 Comanche | 1958 | 4717 | Single-engine four-seat low-wing cabin monoplane |
| PA-24-400 Comanche | 1964 | 148 | Re-engined PA-24 development |
| PA-25 Pawnee | 1959 | 5167 | Single-engined agricultural monoplane |
| PA-26 | None | High-powered version of the PA-24 | |
| PA-27 Aztec | 1960 | 4929 | Improved version of the PA-23, kept PA-23 designation |
| PA-28 Cherokee | 1961 | 10,896 | Single-engined low-wing cabin monoplane |
| PA-28-140 Cherokee | 1964 | 10,089 | Two-seat training variant |
| PA-28 Warrior | 1974 | 4842 | Improved PA-28 |
| PA-28-235 Cherokee/Dakota | 1964 | 2913 | Improved PA-28 |
| PA-28R Arrow | 1967 | 6694 | Improved PA-28 |
| PA-28R-300 Pillan | 1982 | 2 plus kits for Chile | Two-seat military trainer |
| PA-29 Papoose | 1956 | None | Enlarged PA-23 |
| PA-30 Twin Comanche | 1963 | 2001 | Twin-engined low wing cabin monoplane |
| PA-31 Navajo | 1967 | 1785 | Twin-engined low wing cabin monoplane |
| PA-31-350 Chieftain | 1973 | 1825 | Stretched Navajo |
| PA-31P Navajo / Mojave | 1970 | 309 | Pressurized Navajo |
| PA-31T Cheyenne | 1974 | 847 | Turboprop powered Navajo |
| PA-32 Cherokee Six | 1966 | 4373 | Six-seat Cherokee |
| PA-32R Lance/Saratoga | 1976 | 2721 | Retractable landing gear variant of the PA-32 |
| PA-33 Comanche | 1966 | 1 | Pressurized Comanche |
| PA-34 Seneca | 1972 | 4354 | Twin-engine low-wing cabin monoplane |
| PA-35 Pocono | 1968 | 1 | Twin-engined pressurized commuter airliner |
| PA-36 Pawnee Brave | 1973 | 938 | Single-engined agricultural monoplane |
| PA-37 | 1960s | None | Twin engined PA-33 |
| PA-38 Tomahawk | 1978 | 2519 | Two seat basic trainer |
| PA-39 Twin Comanche C/R | 1970 | 155 | Improved PA-30 |
| PA-40 Arapaho | 1973 | 3 built, 5 not completed | PA-30 replacement |
| PA-41P | 1974 | 1 | Pressurized Aztec |
| Piper PA-42 Cheyenne | 1980 | 175 | T-tail pressurized twin |
| PA-43 | 1979 | None | Piston-engined PA-42 |
| PA-44 Seminole | 1979 | 469 | Twin-engined Arrow |
| PA-45 | 1970s | None | Six-seat T-tailed aircraft family |
| PA-46 Malibu | 1984 | 344 | Six-seat pressurized single |
| PA-47 Piperjet | 2008 | 1 prototype only | Eight seat jet |
| PA-48 Enforcer | 1971 | 4 prototypes | Single seat counter-insurgency aircraft based on the Cavalier Mustang/P-51 Mustang |
| PA-60 Aerostar | 1967 | 1010 | Six-seat pressurized twin, Piper purchased the design from Ted R. Smith |
| PiperSport | 2010 | 1 | Two seat light-sport aircraft Piper licensed the design from Czech Sport Aircraft |
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