RIP Cirrus

I never see any of that kind of stuff from Cessna.

You really gotta wonder where Piper is in all this. Their dealer
network is virtually gone (Iowa City was a Piper dealer for decades,
until 2002-ish), and -- other than token appearances at major fly-ins
(where they only talk about jets) -- you never see their reps in the
field anymore.

For a company that claims to be expanding, they sure appear to have
relinquished the field.
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:


You really gotta wonder where Piper is in all this.

Piper has opted out of the GA piston market, for the most part. I've
talked to the Piper sales guys at some of the major fly-ins. Even they're not
expecting that a lot of people will be buying what is essentially a 40 yr.
old design with a glass panel in the mid $300K range. They seem to be
pinning their future on the light jet market.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)

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JGalban via AviationKB.com wrote:

Jay Honeck wrote:


You really gotta wonder where Piper is in all this.


Piper has opted out of the GA piston market, for the most part. I've
talked to the Piper sales guys at some of the major fly-ins. Even they're not
expecting that a lot of people will be buying what is essentially a 40 yr.
old design with a glass panel in the mid $300K range. They seem to be
pinning their future on the light jet market.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)


I just read somewhere they sold something like 8 Archers all of 2007.
In other words they are dead.

Jay,

You really gotta wonder where Piper is in all this.


Dead. Plain and simple. Their sales numbers are orders of magnitude
below Cirrus and Cessna.

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Thomas Borchert (EDDH)