The aircraft
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Piper

C. Gilbert Taylor and his brother had first established the Taylor Brothers Aviation Corporation in 1929 to market the Taylor ...

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To compete with the expanding range of lightplanes offered by other aircraft manufacturers, Piper produced in 1938 the Piper J-4 ...

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A modest expansion in the capabilities of the J-3 and J-4 range was achieved with the Piper J-5 ...

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After the end of World War II the demand for civil lightplanes seemed for a time to be insatiable, but ...

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With the end of World War II in sight, Piper made preparations for large-scale production of lightplanes for civil use, ...

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The only prototype built flew for the first time in 1945.

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Despite the fact that Piper had developed the PA-12 Super Cruiser as a three-seat aircraft, the accommodation for three ...

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The first flush of sales success which followed the end of World War II was followed by a period of ...

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The prototype flew in 1947. Market decline forced cancellation. One built.

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The only prototype flew in 1947. Destroyed in a fire in 1948.

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Certainly the most famous product of the Piper Company, the original version of the Piper PA-18 Super Cub, powered by a ...

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Under the designation Piper PA-20 Pacer, the company began production in 1950 of an updated version of the four-seat PA-16 ...

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In 1951 Piper introduced its Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacer, basically a version of the PA-20 Pacer with tricycle landing gear ...

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On 2 March 1952 Piper flew the prototype of a new twin-engine aircraft which it then identified as the Piper ...

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On 24 May 1956 Piper flew the prototype of a new single-engine four-seat cabin monoplane that it designated initially Piper ...

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The rapid expansion of Piper's operations in the 1950s meant that new facilities were soon required, and in 1957 the ...

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It is unlikely that when Piper first flew the prototype of the four-seat Piper PA-28-150 Cherokee sporting/training monoplane on 14 ...

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When the decision was made to end production of the Piper PA-23 Apache, the company introduced a new twin-engine ...

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On 6 December 1963 Piper flew the prototype of a six-seat version of the PA-28 Cherokee, retaining the same general ...

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On 30 September 1964 Piper flew the prototype of a new twin-engine executive aircraft which was then the largest built ...

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The Piper PA-48 Enforcer is a turboprop-powered light close air support/ ground attack aircraft. It was an ultimate development of ...

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For 1972 Piper introduced the six/seven-seat Piper PA-34 Seneca which, basically, was a twin-engine version of the Cherokee SIX with ...

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Piper announced in 1972 a completely new version of the PA-25 Pawnee agricultural aircraft which introduced a more powerful ...

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A significant advance in the Navajo family came on 22 October 1973 when Piper flew the first production example of ...

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Following certification on 20 December 1977, Piper introduced for 1978 a completely new two-seat trainer/utility aircraft which it designated Piper ...

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On 21 February 1978 Piper announced a new low-cost twin-engined four-seat cabin monoplane designated Piper PA-44-180 Seminole. A cantilever low-wing ...

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On 30 June 1980 Piper began production deliveries of a new version of the Cheyenne range of twin turboprop ...

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Piper announced in late 1982 the intention to introduce in late 1983 a new aircraft which it claimed to be ...

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The PiperJet was announced in October 2006, as a competitor to the twin-engined Eclipse 500 and Cessna Citation Mustang. The ...

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