Piper Models
March 2014- Alaska is called The Last Frontier for good reason. The state has over 500,000 acres of uninhabited land…
August 2013 Piper had success with its twin-engine Seneca, but complaints of poor handling had plagued the early models and…
August 2013 “There are two Diwys in my life,” said Barry Colvin with a wry grin, “but only one of…
July 2013 If at first you don’t succeed, don’t “tri” again. But Piper’s trimotor testing wasn’t all for naught. What…
August 2005- Piper compares today’s normally aspirated Saratoga II HP and turbocharged Saratoga II TC to SUVs. A friend who…
May 2005- Let’s get the top-line item out of the way first: The Archer III is a very expensive airplane.…
June 2013 It’s 1967 and you want to buy a new single-engine retractable. What are your options? Beech, Cessna, Mooney…
05-13 Flying Mr. Piper’s 1930s classic off water may seem straightforward to tailwheel pilots, but has some novel hazards. Photos:…
04-13 Piper began work on a lower-cost replacement for the PA-39 Twin Comanche in 1974. The “Twin Arrow”—Project 10—was headed…
04-13 “Wow!” That’s what I said after just over an hour in the left seat of N290ND, a 1998 PA-44-180…
02-13 By the time the Piper Cherokee Archer came to market in 1974 the Cherokee line had been in production…
October 2012 At the end of the last episode Bob Berg, the owner of the 1939 Piper J-3 Cub…
