Fri, Jan 28, 2011
Senecas And Archers To Help Train Airline Pilots
Piper delivered 14 new aircraft during December to Qatar
Aeronautical College, a leading Arabic Gulf provider of airline
pilot training. The fleet sale consists of four Piper Seneca Vs and
10 Piper Archer IIIs.
Qatar Aeronautical College's Pilot Training Division is updating
its current fleet, which consists of a number of Piper training
aircraft. The college's training campus is in Ras Abu Aboud near
Doha International Airport, in the capital city of Qatar. "Piper is
very appreciative and pleased to be selected by a prestigious
institution like Qatar Aeronautical College for this important
fleet order," said Chuck W. Glass, the director of Piper's global
flight training and fleet programs whose office is in Brunei. "This
sale reinforces that Piper has a strong reputation around the world
for supplying reliable and efficient training aircraft for new
pilots," he added.
Piper Seneca V
While both organizations are not disclosing the fleet purchase
price, retail value of four new Piper Seneca Vs and 10 new Archer
IIIs totals about $6.7 million. In addition, Qatar Aeronautical
College ordered its new fleet with advanced Garmin avionics. The
Seneca V trainers have 4-screen dual G600 systems and the Archers
have 4-screen dual G500 systems.
The Seneca V is a twin-engine piston aircraft powered by
Continental TSIO-360-RBs, each generating 220 horsepower with a 197
KTAS, 365 km/h max cruise and a 828 nm, 1,533 km range. The
single-engine Archer IIIs are powered by a 180 horsepower Lycoming
0-360-A4M with 128 KTAS, 237 km/h cruise and 522 nm, 822 km
range.
Piper Archer III
In December of 2010, Piper also announced the sale of six Piper
Seminole multi-engine piston-powered advanced training aircraft to
Airline Transport Professionals, a North American firm specializing
in airline pilot training and pilot career development.
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