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The PA-32 series was developed to meet a requirement for a larger aircraft than the four-seat Piper PA-28 Cherokee. [3] The first prototype PA-32 made its initial flight on December 6, 1963, with the type being publicly announced in October 1964, with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) aircraft type certification following on March 4, 1965. [4]
PA-32R-300 (1976–1978) Marketed as the Piper Cherokee Lance.Initial version of the retractable PA-32 line, with a standard tail. [4]PA-32RT-300 (1978–1979) After the first half of 1978, Piper modified the tail to a "T" design with the stabilator (horizontal stabilizer/elevator) moved to the top of the vertical tail.
With the decision to abandon the three-engined design tested on the PA-32-3M, the PA-34 was developed as a twin-engined aircraft. The prototype PA-34-180 Twin Six, registered as N3401K, first flew on 25 April 1967. The prototype had two 180 hp (134 kW) Lycoming O-360 engines, a fixed nosewheel landing gear and a Cherokee Six vertical tail. The ...
It can operate out of 3,000 ft (900 m) runways with a 97 kn (180 km/h) minimum control speed, similar to a King Air 300; it can operate from much shorter hot and high runways than a Citation I and landing distance is shortened by the rotating speedbrake effect of the propellers in beta pitch. [3]
7400/7410 350–550 MHz, uses AltiVec, a SIMD extension of the original PPC specs; 7440/7450 micro-architecture family up to 1.5 GHz and 256 kB on-chip L2 cache and improved Altivec
The Viking model was born out of discussions at Downer for a bigger version of the "Model 260" with at least 300 horsepower. The company was based in Minnesota and employed skilled craftsmen who manufactured the wing from spruce, and the new 300 hp model was named the "Viking" in respect to the many Scandinavians of the area.
On March 14, 2005, a Piper PA-32 was substantially damaged while executing a forced landing to runway 27 at the Holmes County Airport. The aircraft was en route from the Port Columbus International Airport to the Gatineau Airport in Ottawa, Canada. The pilot had flown to Columbus 10 days prior but drove back to Ottawa because of weather. The ...
PA-32 may refer to: Pennsylvania's 32nd congressional district; Pennsylvania Route 32 - a highway; Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six light aircraft This page was last edited ...