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4. Can you elaborate on your cost theory?
There is this feeling now that flying costs more than it should since it was a lot cheaper back in the 1950’s, 60’s, and 70’s. That’s the time a lot of us grew up in. But if you go back farther than that and look at private flying in the 1930’s and 40’s, relatively speaking it was as expensive, if not more, than it even is now. I honestly think the era between the end of WWII through the early 1980’s was the anomaly and what we are experiencing now is the norm. It’s an interesting way to look at it.
Piper’s most recently debuted model is the M600. What sets it apart from other M-Class models?
The range and payload. With 260 gallons of fuel, you have six hours of range plus the ability to offload a signif•icant amount of fuel and still have more range than you need on an average-length trip. It’s a clean-sheet wing, making it a completely different performing airplane. Usually, with smaller turbine-engine aircraft, you are compromised with range/ payload, but Piper has cracked the code with this one. T&T
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Jacobs is a private pilot and general aviation enthusiast. In 2012, she earned her business degree in marketing from Oklahoma State University. Since then, she has specialized in aviation-specific marketing, working first for Piper Aircraft, and then as an aviation marketing specialist at Sullivan Higdon & Sink. Jacobs is now serving as the Director of Communications at the consulting firm Groom Aviation.You can contact Rebecca at rebecca@groomaviation.com.
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