COMMON
P28A
Piper PA-28-181 Archer
Cherokee
“Piper's answer to the Cessna 172.”
Piper · private
Length
24 ft 2 in
Wingspan
35 ft 0 in
Max speed
128 kts
Range
520 nmi
Ceiling
14,150 ft
Engines
1x Lycoming O-360-A4M (180 hp)
Crew
1
Max passengers
3
Typical config
1 pilot + 3 passengers
Built
32,778
The PA-28 Cherokee family is Piper's bread and butter. Low-wing, four seats. Every flight school has a few.
Fun fact
The PA-28 family has been in continuous production since 1960 — over 60 years.
How to spot one
Tapered wing (vs Cherokee's constant-chord Hershey Bar wing). Low wing, fixed gear.
Crews call it
The Archer
Sounds like
Same Lycoming flat-four as the Cherokee — a familiar training-aircraft drone
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One might be overhead right now.
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