Its original 95 horsepower Continental engine had been replaced twice ... proclaimed Clyde Smith Jr., a retired Piper employee referred to as the “Cub Doctor” by Cub owners and pilots around ...

Piper’s first move when designing its light attack airplane was to fit a Lycoming T55-L-9 turboprop—a modified Chinook helicopter engine—to a reworked P-51D. Evaluated during 1971 tests as a ...

Fuel capacity 18. Engine 90-hp Continental. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 112. Cruise mph 100. Stall mph 42. Initial climb rate 710. Ceiling 15,750. Range 360. Takeoff distance (50′) 750. Landing distance (50′ ...

This association will be strong for both past and present pilots with the T-6 Texan. This family of planes has many other names (such as the Harvard) but is known to many old hands as the Pilot Maker.

Alshouse, a resident of the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown, was a Navy pilot who delivered or “ferried” planes all over ...

Fly the airplane, point it toward a place to land, and take some time to figure out the rest. This line is important enough ...

Most of the items headed ‘Before Engine Start’ are obvious with only a bit about ... When I am rich I will buy a Meridian like this one and then, to go with it, another Piper?a Cub with 65bhp and no ...

The 7DC (with a Continental C85 engine) and the 7EC (with a Continental C90 engine ... In the USA, the offerings which gave the Champ its toughest time were the Piper Cub derivatives – and especially ...

Piper Aerostar offers turbine-like performance, but bring your A game to the cockpit and remember don't skimp on maintenance ...

The engine can cost at least $250,000, according to Piper. Pratt & Whitney spokesperson Alexander Killeffer declined to comment when reached by email. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily ...