Piper PA-24 Comanche

The Piper PA -24 Comanche is a single-engine, four-seat light aircraft with retractable landing gear of the U.S. aircraft manufacturer Piper Aircraft Corporation, which was built as a training and touring aircraft. The production was discontinued after Hurricane Agnes, as the production halls in Lock Haven, 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 better compete with the Beechcraft Bonanza, Piper began in 1959 with the design of a higher-powered version called PA -26 Comanche 400 Even before its first flight on March 17, 1961 this is first renamed to PA 24-380. After the second prototype was flown with a more powerful 400 hp engine on June 2, 1961 for the first time, the new variant of the term PA 24-400 finally got Comanche. The serial production began in 1963 and ended due to weak sales in 1964 after a total of 148 pieces were built.