This aircraft has a 180hp engine, and cruises at about 125 knots, which is pretty much par-for-the-course for this type of aircraft. Still, it looks quite comfortable and I'd love to have a flight in it one day.
Enjoy the pics!
Monday, September 24, 2007
Piper Archer III - revisited
After my previous post on Canterbury Aero Club's Piper Archer III from early this month, the aircraft came visiting again on the weekend. This time I was able top have a quick chat with the PIC [Pilot in Command] and was given to OK to take a look inside. Unfortunately the screens were not powered up, but I think that this picture gives an good impression of the clean layout.
Enjoy the pics!
Enjoy the pics!
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2 comments:
Thanks for that Rodney. Definitely looks futuristic on the inside. I remember climbing into a late 70's 152 on my first lesson and thinking that the dash reminded me of a 65 VW Beetle I used to own.
Externally that Archer looks pretty much like any other Archer, unless I have missed something?
Gidday Euan,
Yes, they look fairly similar. There are a couple of differences though.
Firstly, note the nose cowling. It is much more streamlined than the older versions. Secondly, the windows are smaller for some reason.
There seem to be a couple of other minor changes around exhaust protrusion etc also.
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