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Piper PA-15 Vagabond
The Piper PA-15 Vagabond and PA-17 Vagabond are both two seat, high wing, conventional gear light aircraft that were designed for personal use and for flight training and built by Piper Aircraft starting in 1948.[1][2]
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Development
The PA-15 was the first post-World War II Piper aircraft design. It utilized much of the same production tooling that created the famous Piper Cub, as well as many of the Cub structural components (tail surfaces, landing gear, most of the wing parts). The Vagabond has a wing that is one bay shorter (~30 feet versus 36 feet) than that on the Cub, which lead to the unofficial designation of Short-wing Piper. This allowed the aircraft to be built with minimal material, design and development costs, and is credited with saving Piper Aircraft from bankruptcy after the war.
Vagabonds used a new fuselage with side-by-side seating for two instead of the Cubs' tandem (fore and aft) seating.[2]
The PA-17 Vagabond version features dual controls, enabling it to be used for pilot training. It has a bungee cord shock-absorbed undercarriage (solid gear on the PA-15), and a 65 hp Continental A-65 engine.[1]
In use
In June 2008 there were still 222 PA-15s[3] and 126 PA-17s[4] still registered in the USA.
There were 13 PA-15s and 12 PA-17s registered in Canada in June 2008.[5]
The design may see a minor resurgence, as based on weight and speed qualifications, it qualifies as a Light Sport Aircraft, and can be flown by those acquiring a less-restrictive Sport Pilot license.
Succession
The Vagabond was followed by the Clipper (essentially a Vagabond with a 17" longer fuselage, 0-235 Lycoming of 108 hp, extra wing fuel tank, and four seats), Pacer, Tri-Pacer and Colt, which are all variations of the Vagabond design and thus all Shortwing Pipers.[1][2]
Type Club
All of the Shortwing Pipers are supported by a very active aircraft type club, The Shortwing Piper Club.[6]
Variants
- PA-15 Vagabond
- Side-by-side two-seater powered by one 65hp Lycoming O-145 engine, 387 built.
- PA-17 Vagabond
- Deluxe version of the PA-15 with dual-controls and powered by one 65hp Continental A-65-8 engine, 214 built.
Specifications (PA-15)
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedPlaneAndPilot - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Montgomery, MR and Gerald Foster,: A Field Guide to Airplanes - Second Edition, page 72. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1992. ISBN 0-395-62888-1
- ↑ Federal Aviation Administration (June 2008). Make / Model Inquiry Results. Retrieved on 2008-06-11.
- ↑ Federal Aviation Administration (June 2008). Make / Model Inquiry Results. Retrieved on 2008-06-11.
- ↑ Transport Canada (June 2008). Canadian Civil Aircraft Register. Retrieved on 2008-06-11.
- ↑ Short Wing Piper Club (2007). Short Wing Piper Club. Retrieved on 2008-05-13.
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