During the first six months of 2019, demand for basic training aircraft led general aviation sales, followed by sales of business jets. By the end of the second quarter of 2019, more than 280 single-engine aircraft sales and orders had been booked. Leaders in the trainer market included Cirrus Aircraft, Textron (Cessna), Diamond Aircraft Industries, and Piper. During the same period, rotorcraft and turboprop sales sagged.
Posted by Jeffrey Richmond
Mr. Richmond recently retired from the Aerospace industry as a technical writer and continues to write and research on a variety of topics including aviation and aerospace business. He spent a tour of duty as a pilot and instructor in the US Air Force, flew for a regional airline, and taught at two aviation universities. Jeff and his wife Peggy live in the country between Chattanooga and Nashville, Tennessee.
