Good Old Tiger

Good airplanes but no match to our Cirrus

TIGER AG-5B ROLLOUT SET FOR NOVEMBER

After a change in ownership, the Taiwanese/American-backed resurgence

of the former Grumman Tiger AG-5B is on track. The name of the
company has changed from TLM Aircraft to Tiger Aircraft LLC, with
Taiwanese lock maker TLM continuing to play a minor role. The factory

at Martinsburg, West Virginia, is built, tooling is in and undergoing

reconditioning, and 11 electronics and engineering specialists are in

place. Assembly workers will be hired in June. Chem-Fab, the Hot
Springs, Arkansas, firm that last made major portions of the Tiger
before production ceased, is ready to ship the 32 completed fuselages,

15 rudders, and 17 ailerons that were available at the time
production stopped at American General in Greenville, Mississippi.
Chem-Fab is negotiating to produce 165 new shipsets–including wings,

fuselages, rudders, and ailerons–which constitute the first two
years of production. The parts will be shipped to Martinsburg for
completion. Tiger Aircraft plans to produce only IFR-equipped
aircraft equipped with dual Garmin 430 GPS moving maps, PS
Engineering audio panel/intercoms, S-Tec 40 autopilots, leather
seats, and metallic paint. The price has yet to be determined, but
will be comparable to the cost of a New Piper Archer or Cirrus
SR20. A company official estimated that the price for the 140-knot,
four-passenger aircraft will be between $215,000 and $225,000. For

information call 662/335-6728.

This is all very interesting, but

Jesus Christ, doesn’t

anybody provide sources around

here?!

This is all very interesting, but

Jesus Christ, doesn’t

anybody provide sources around

here?!

That particular piece was lifted (not by me) from

the AOPA weekly mailout. The same piece appeared in the Avweb mailout the next day, so I presume

it was a press release from the Tiger manuf.