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The Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche was designed as a twin-engined variant of the Piper PA-24 Comanche.A complex light twin, with retractable landing gear, seating 4 (in original models) to 6 (in later models), and cruise speeds ranging from 160–210 mph on twin 160 horsepower engines, it competed with the more-powerful Cessna 310 and Beech Baron, and later with Piper's other light twins.
PA-33 Comanche: 1966 1 Pressurized Comanche PA-34 Seneca: 1972 5,000+ Twin-engine derivative of PA-32R PA-35 Pocono: 1968 1 Twin-engined pressurized commuter airliner PA-36 Pawnee Brave: 1973 938 Single-engined agricultural monoplane PA-37 0 Proposed twin-engined PA-33 PA-38 Tomahawk: 1978 2,519 Two-seat basic trainer PA-39 Twin Comanche C/R ...
The Piper PA-24 Comanche is an American single-engine, low-wing, all-metal monoplane of semimonocoque construction with tricycle retractable landing gear and four or six seats. [2] The Comanche was designed and built by Piper Aircraft and first flew on May 24, 1956.
The Piper PA-40 Arapaho was an American twin-engined cabin monoplane designed by Piper as a replacement for the PA-39 Twin Comanche C/R. [1] Like most Piper products at this time, the PA-40 was named after a Native American tribe, in this case the Arapaho.
Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche; V. Piper PA-15 Vagabond; Piper PA-17 Vagabond This page was last edited on 24 September 2020, at 20:58 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
Swearingen was notable for developing modifications from existing production aircraft such as the Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche from the Piper PA-24 Comanche single engine series and the Swearingen Merlin turboprop aircraft from the Beech Model 50 Twin Bonanza.
In 1962, Piper began developing a six- to eight-seat twin-engined corporate and commuter transport aircraft under the project name Inca, at the request of company founder William T. Piper. [2] [4] Looking like a scaled-up PA-30 Twin Comanche, the PA-31 made its first flight on 30 September 1964, and was announced later that year.
Skip Stewart was born in Decatur, Alabama and was introduced to aviation by his grandfather, who worked as a crop-duster, and took Skip flying in a Piper PA-18 Super Cub and a Piper Twin Comanche. He went to his first airshow at around fourteen years of age, which is where he recalls his interest in aerobatics was born by watching the great Leo ...