Has the market for GA piston airplanes finally turned a corner? Maybe not just yet, but we’re starting to see welcome improvements based on numbers from the General Aviation Manufacturers Association, whose latest figures show that aircraft deliveries grew by more than 20 percent in this year’s first quarter.
The 221 piston airplanes shipped in the January-March quarter was up 21.4 percent versus the 182 delivered for the same period last year. Deliveries of turboprops, meanwhile, shrank by 8.1 percent with 125 shipped compared to 136 in Q1 2013.
