{"id":5262,"date":"2024-03-07T09:43:28","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T14:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/us\/?p=5262"},"modified":"2026-01-15T05:23:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T10:23:50","slug":"skyborne-expands-piper-order-with-20-additional-pilot-100is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/us\/news-events\/skyborne-expands-piper-order-with-20-additional-pilot-100is\/","title":{"rendered":"Skyborne expands Piper order with 20 additional Pilot 100is"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5262\" class=\"elementor elementor-5262\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"ob-is-breaking-bad elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-11d8c35 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"11d8c35\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[],&quot;_ob_bbad_use_it&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_bbad_sssic_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_glider_is_slider&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-52537cc\" data-id=\"52537cc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_bbad_is_stalker&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_teleporter_use&quot;:false,&quot;_ob_column_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_column_has_pseudo&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b25a631 elementor-widget__width-initial ob-harakiri-inherit ob-has-background-overlay elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b25a631\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_use_harakiri&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_harakiri_writing_mode&quot;:&quot;inherit&quot;,&quot;_ob_postman_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_perspektive_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_poopart_use&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_shadough_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_allow_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_widget_stalker_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>V<\/strong><b>ero Beach, FL, USA \u2013 March 6, 2024:<\/b><\/p><p class=\"s30\"><span class=\"s29\">Skyborne<\/span> has signed a US $8 million contract for a further 20 Piper Pilot 100i aircraft, growing the academy\u2019s all-Piper fleet at its base in Vero Beach, Florida. The significant investment follows an initial order of 11 new Pilot 100is, with the first delivered to Skyborne in November 2023 as part of a multi-year fleet agreement.<\/p><p><strong>Lee Woodward, CEO, Skyborne, says: <\/strong>\u201cOver the last three years, Skyborne\u2019s US foot print has grown exponentially as demand for airline-focused pilot training continues to rise. A partner and ally from the beginning, Piper has been crucial to helping us meet this need. We\u2019re proud to be supporting a Florida-based company that aligns with our values of trust and quality, and we look forward to seeing our fleet expand to more than 80 Piper aircraft.\u201d<\/p><p>With state-of-the-art technology and equipment, the Pilot 100i operates with a full Garmin suite of avionics, including the Garmin G3X touch system and autopilot capabilities, enhancing the flight training experience.<\/p><p><strong>Ron Gunnarson, Vice President of Sales, Marketing, and Customer Support, Piper Aircraft, adds: <\/strong>\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to support this additional aircraft order from our neighbors here in Vero Beach, Skyborne, and it\u2019s a privilege to have them as a Piper Flight School Alliance member. We look forward to being a part of Skyborne\u2019s growth in our community by providing them with top-of-the-line trainers that are reliable and cost-effective.\u201d<\/p><p class=\"s30\">The additional Piper 100i aircraft will be delivered to Skyborne through 2024 and beyond.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vero Beach, FL, USA \u2013 March 6, 2024: Skyborne has signed a US $8 million contract for a further 20 Piper Pilot 100i aircraft, growing the academy\u2019s all-Piper fleet at its base in Vero Beach, Florida. The significant investment follows an initial order of 11 new Pilot 100is, with the first delivered to Skyborne in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crosspost_to_3":false,"_crosspost_to_4":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"skyborne_type":[18],"skyborne_region":[14],"class_list":["post-5262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academy","skyborne_type-news","skyborne_region-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5262"},{"taxonomy":"skyborne_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/skyborne_type?post=5262"},{"taxonomy":"skyborne_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/skyborne_region?post=5262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}