After restarting production in Kerrville, Texas, following a hiatus, Mooney has seen strong interest in the turbo-normalized Acclaim Type S — the fastest single-engine piston airplane on the market — along with its normally-aspirated sibling, the Ovation 3. Mooney announced this week that since the first Acclaim was delivered at AirVenture this summer, where 10 orders were booked, the company has logged another 43 orders — a mixture of Acclaims and Ovations worth approximately $30 million, a Mooney representative said.
Most of those recent orders came from two China-based companies: the Reignwood Aviation Group and Xinzhichen Trading Company, which signed letters of intent for 35 airplanes at the 2014 Reignwood Aviation Carnival Show, held September 12 through 14 in Zhengzhou, China. The remaining eight airplanes were ordered by U.S. customers.
