Unsuccessful Prototype: The Story Of Piper’s Single-Engine PA-47 ‘PiperJet’

The Piper PA-47 PiperJet was a single-engined concept aircraft that was intended to be developed as a very light jet. The project was launched by American aircraft manufacturer Piper Aircraft in October 2006. The firm saw a gap in the private aviation market for a small jet and decided to develop the single-engine PiperJet. Unfortunately, the project was canceled in 2011 amidst single-engine concerns and other economic difficulties. Just one prototype PA-47 aircraft was ever built.