COMMON
PA28
Piper PA-28 Cherokee
The Cherokee
“Piper's answer to the Cessna 172.”
Piper · private
Length
24 ft 0 in
Wingspan
35 ft 0 in
Max speed
128 kts
Range
515 nmi
Ceiling
14,150 ft
Engines
1x Lycoming O-360 (180 hp)
Crew
1
Max passengers
3
Typical config
1 pilot + 3 passengers
Built
32,778
Low-wing, reliable, and a fixture at flight schools everywhere. The PA-28 Cherokee family taught millions to fly. It doesn't look as cute as a Cessna, but it handles great in a crosswind.
Fun fact
The Piper Cherokee was designed to be extremely simple to manufacture — the wings are constant-chord rectangles.
How to spot one
LOW wing (unlike high-wing Cessnas). Fixed tricycle gear. The Piper equivalent of the Cessna 172.
Crews call it
The Cherokee
Sounds like
Lycoming flat-four — similar to Cessna 172 but with a different exhaust note due to low-wing placement
Related
One might be overhead right now.
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