Air-to-Air Piper Cherokee 235

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Jack Fleetwood
This plane is owned by the Austin Aviators Flight Club. I was able to get with member Mike Fincher and get a photo shoot completed this Saturday. It was good timing, because when we landed, they started tearing out the interior to cover the seats in leather!

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You should have worked for Piper back in the day ... they would have sold more of them!

I'm just so surprised that they only made the stretch hershey PA-28 for only two years. Another unforced error from Piper, right up the alley to not slap a bigger engine on the arrow.
 
I'm just so surprised that they only made the stretch hershey PA-28 for only two years. Another unforced error from Piper, right up the alley to not slap a bigger engine on the arrow.

Stretched Hersheys:

PA-28-180 -- 1973 ("Cherokee Challenger"), renamed 1974-75 ("Cherokee Archer")
PA-28-235 -- 1973 ("Cherokee Charger"), renamed 1974-77 ("Cherokee Pathfinder")
PA-28R-200 -- 1972-76 ("Cherokee Arrow II")
 
Stretched Hersheys:

PA-28-180 -- 1973 ("Cherokee Challenger"), renamed 1974-75 ("Cherokee Archer")
PA-28-235 -- 1973 ("Cherokee Charger"), renamed 1974-77 ("Cherokee Pathfinder")
PA-28R-200 -- 1972-76 ("Cherokee Arrow II")

Interesting they were made for the same amount of years as the Arrow II. You can't chuck a stone down the street an not hit an arrow II. Finding stretch 235s otoh seems like a scavenger hunt by comparison.
 
They just didn't do the PA-28 justice by capping it at 41.5 inches, ditto for the -235 remaining short-fused for so long, compared to the 182. The true replacement for the high parts-count Comanche would have been a PA-28 of equal width (44-45inches depending on paneling), not a PA-32. The 182 won that contest by forfeit.
 
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Way to go Jack. You got the covers of both publications in March
Gary
Thanks Gary. To be honest, if I don't get the cover now it's because I screwed up! Thanks to you hooking me up with these guys, I've got a great relationship with them and I'm having a blast!
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