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Piper PA-32
The Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six is a series of six or seven seat, fixed or retractable landing gear, light aircraft, that was manufactured in the United States by Piper Aircraft between 1965 and 2007.[1][2]
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Development
The PA-32 series began life in 1965 as the Template:Convert PA32-260 Cherokee Six, a significantly modified six (or seven) seat development of the PA-28 Cherokee.[1][2]
The Cherokee Six and its successors feature a baggage compartment in the nose between the cockpit and the engine compartment as well as a large double door in the back for easy loading of passengers and cargo.[1][2]
PA-32-300
Many pilots thought the original Template:Convert Cherokee Six was under-powered so in on 27 May 1966 Piper obtained FAA type certification for a Template:Convert version, designated as the PA-32-300. It was offered by the company as a 1967 model.[3]
PA-32R
The 1975 addition of retractable landing gear resulted in the first of the PA-32R series, the Piper Lance. This was the earliest aircraft in the Piper Saratoga family, Piper's luxury high-performance single line.[1][2]
Piper's transition to tapered wings for the Cherokee series resulted in a new wing for the PA-32 series as well. The tapered-wing version of the Cherokee Six was named the Saratoga and debuted in 1980. Due to product liability concerns and economic conditions, the general aviation industry went into decline in the early 1980s and Saratoga production ceased in 1985.
Piper 6X
After the General Aviation Revitalization Act of 1994, production of the retractable-gear Saratoga resumed in 1995. A fixed-gear PA32 was re-introduced in 2003 as the Piper 6X and the turbocharged 6XT. Sales of the 6X and 6XT models did not meet expections and production ceased in late 2007.
PA-34 prototype
Piper built a prototype PA32-260 with IO-360 engines mounted on the wings. The tri-motor aircraft was the proof-of-concept aircraft for the twin engined, retractable gear version of the Cherokee 6, the Piper PA-34 Seneca.[4]
Specifications (1972 model PA-32-300)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Plane and Pilot: 1978 Aircraft Directory, page 63. Werner & Werner Corp, Santa Monica CA, 1977. ISBN 0-918312-00-0
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Montgomery, MR & Gerald Foster: A Field Guide to Airplanes, Second Edition, page 32. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1992. ISBN 0-395-62888-1
- ↑ Federal Aviation Administration (June 2007). TYPE CERTIFICATE DATA SHEET NO. A3SO. Retrieved on 2009-09-12.
- ↑ Montgomery, MR & Gerald Foster: A Field Guide to Airplanes, Second Edition, page 96. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1992. ISBN 0-395-62888-1
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