Piper PA-24

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Piper PA-24 Comanche
Piper PA-24-250
Piper PA-24-250
Type: Light aircraft
Design country:

United StatesUnited States United States

Manufacturer:

Piper Aircraft Corporation

First flight:

May 1956

Commissioning:

1957

Production time:

1957 to 1972

Number of pieces:

4,857

The Piper PA-24 Comanche is a single-engine, four-seater light aircraft with retractable landing gear from the US aircraft manufacturer Piper Aircraft Corporation , which was built as a training and touring aircraft . The production was after Hurricane Agnes set because the production halls in Lock Haven ( Clinton County, Pennsylvania ) were destroyed.

The PA-24 was replaced by the PA-32 Cherokee Six and later the PA-32R Saratoga.

variants

PA-24-400 (PA-26)

In order to be able to compete better with the Beechcraft Bonanza , Piper began in 1959 with the design of a more motorized variant under the name PA-26 Comanche 400 . Even before its maiden flight on March 17, 1961, it was renamed PA-24-380. After the second prototype with a more powerful 294 kW (400 PS) engine had flown for the first time on June 2, 1961, the new variant was finally given the designation PA-24-400 Comanche . Series production began in 1963 and, due to poor sales, ended in 1964, after a total of 148 units had been built.

See also

literature

Web links

Commons : Piper PA-24 Comanche  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.airliners.net/aircraft-data/stats.main?id=301
  2. ↑ Peperell 2006, pp. 260-264