Piper Launches “Value-Priced” Training Aircraft Written 4 April 2019

FlightGlobal reports that manufacturer Piper Aircraft has launched its Pilot 100 and 100i entry-level trainers, “which are designed to plug a gap in the market from the growing training school sector for aircraft with ‘optimal acquisition and operating costs and economics.” The $259,000 “value-priced” trainers “are trimmed-down derivatives of the PA-28 Archer TX and feature a 180hp Continental Prime IO-370-D3A piston engine and Garmin G3X Touch Certified avionics.” 
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