Unpaved Surface Certification Received By Piper For M700 Fury On the 12th of August, Piper Aircraft's flagship M700 Fury has now been certified to operate from unpaved surfaces such as gravel, coral, sand, clay, hard-packed soil mixtures, grass, turf or sod are good to land on with the latest approval from the Federal Aviation Administration. "The Fury’s performance was exceptional considering the FAA’s rigorous testing requirements for unpaved field certification," said Piper Aircraft v-p of sales, marketing, and customer support Ron Gunnarson.
"The aircraft’s robust design and construction quality ensured seamless operations in all test conditions. The certification process was also smooth with the type inspection authorization flight test being completed in just one day." Within the United States this validation opens more surfaces the M700 Fury can operate from.
Piper Aircraft is not stopping at FAA certification for unpaved surface operations. They are also looking at international approvals as well targeting the big bodies like EASA, Transport Canada, ANAC in Brazil and the CAA in the UK. Certification of the airframer's flagship plane was received in March and deliveries have been rolling since then. They could delivery close to 50 examples of the type by year-end. For more information: Piper 2926 Piper Drive Vero Beach, FL 32960 www.piper.com ***
