Talk:Piper PA-47 PiperJet

This article seems to belong under the full Piper Airplane page of Wikipedia. I am doing that now. CommanderSoloho 15:19, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[User:CommanderSoloho]

First Flight

I believe the PiperJet just made its first flight today, can anyone find a source for this? Izath (talk) 15:43, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

From Piper itself: http://www.newpiper.com/company/newsitem.asp?NewsID=125 Whale plane (talk) 19:53, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Christmas Present

Now i know what i want for Christmas :D --Anonymous07921 (talk) 18:38, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Altaire

Reading Piper's own website [1] it seems to me that the Altaire (which they call "PiperJet Altaire") is actually just the production version of the original PiperJet Proof of Concept plane. I don't think it needs to be a new separate article. I believe the PoC version which is currently the main topic of this page will in time become just a section in the development history of the actual production aircraft. I think what would confirm my assumption is if we can find a source that says the "Altaire" is designated PA-47. If it's "PA number" is not 47 a separate article is probably justified. Roger (talk) 15:51, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the link to the Piper site's info. It wasn't there when I looked at the site a few hours ago. I based my info/changes on what FlightGlobal had wrtten, and some of those details were not there. It's still going to be a different fuselage, which is a major change, so a separte article may still be warranted. - BilCat (talk) 16:04, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

We're in a "wait and see" stage now. It's not uncommon for prototypes to differ quite radically from the eventual production versions so let's cross that bridge when we get there. Per WP:NOTNEWS there's no hurry. Roger (talk) 16:29, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Yes, we'll see, but in the end, I do think a new variant will eventually be needed As such, I do think creating that article now, will save a lot of work in the future. Btw, I did raise this issue at WT:AIR earlier today (as yet unresponded to), so I'm not just a news-fan-boy in a hurry to make an article based on every new report, thus the NOTNEWS "reminder" was unnecesasary. I'll re-do my changes to the article in light of Piper's info by the end of the day, as I have time. - BilCat (talk) 17:01, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

My fears have been realized, as we have a half-competent IP trying to convert the article into the PJA page one word at a time, andin the end it'll be a complete mess. Let me emphasize that the PiperJet was always intended as a production model, more or less, but Piper's new owners decided to revamp it for production, so calling the original a "proof-of-concept" model is misleading, and one reason I perfer a new article for the PJ Altaire. - BilCat (talk) 19:53, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

I agree with the two-page solution. - The Bushranger _{Return fire}^{Flank speed} 20:00, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

• And I've created a stub for the Altaire now. - The Bushranger _{Return fire}^{Flank speed} 20:10, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Concur with that, tho of course the 2 types are closely related. Anyway, the cueenrt title appears to be Piper PA-47 PiperJet Altaire per Piper's website, the we can't move it there becouse some idiot made an mistake when creating a redirect at that title, and it needs an admin to move it now. - BilCat (talk) 20:59, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

I had a look at the Piper page again, and they don't use "PA-47" 9 the title. as such, I've moved the pag to Piper PiperJet Altaire, though this is a bit redundant-sounding. The company may figure that out too, in time! - BilCat (talk) 21:07, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Indeed! But I doubt it. Piper has a habit of doing this sort of thing - note the Malibu was developed into the "Malibu Mirage", and then the "Malibu Meridian"! - The Bushranger _{Return fire}^{Flank speed} 23:15, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Yes, but they didn't name the "Piper Malibu Meridian" as the "Piper PiperMalibu Meridian"! That's the equivilent here - too many "Pipers" in the name, unless they're treating "Piperjet" is the manufacturer ("PiperJet Altaire"). - BilCat (talk) 05:35, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

Wow a whole lot has happened here while I was sleeping, and not all of it good. I'm thinking a little more "wait and see" is what we need together with more sources. Roger (talk) 07:41, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

I was willing to wait until we had a clear consensus, but BushRanger went ahead and created the new article, He has my support on that. - BilCat (talk) 07:19, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

I have no objection to the new stub and it looks like the edits by the IP have been handled just fine. I'll keep a lookout for magazine articles etc. coming out in the next few weeks. Roger (talk) 07:46, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

I was going to wait and see as well, but the IP edits to this article made me decide the new article was needed, as the lesser of the two evils. - The Bushranger _{Return fire}^{Flank speed} 16:08, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

PA-47 and PJ Altaire

IP 173.xxx, you stated that you "know for a FACT that the PiperJet Altaire is still designated PA-47". Unforutunately, we can't use unverified personal knowledge on WP, as this is considered Original research. However, if you have a reliable published sources (not forums and such) that confirms this is so, then we can use that nformation in the articles. PS, since you appear to be on a dynamic IP, it's hard to contact you directly. Would you consider registering on WP? Among other things, it will make it easier for you to get messaages from other editors. Thanks. - BilCat (talk) 06:16, 20 October 2010 (UTC)