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Piper PA-14 Family Cruiser

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three-seat touring aircraft between early 1946 and March 1948. In 1947, the PA-12 design was adapted to a four-seat layout by widening the cabin by five inches at the instrument panel and adding slotted flaps. The original high-wing and fixed tailwheel
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A second PA-14 was completed on 6 February 1948 and the first customer deliveries were made later that year. 238 examples were completed, most being sold to private owner pilots in the United States, but overseas sales included several to
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layout features were retained. The PA-14 prototype made its first flight from the company's
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4-cylinder air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine, 115 hp (86 kW)
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PA-14 experimental modification on amphibious floats
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Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
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Sherburn-in-Elmet Airfield
Yorkshire
Manufacturer
Piper Aircraft
Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser
American

PA-12 Super Cruiser
undercarriage
Lock Haven
Pennsylvania
France
receivership
Alaska
Canada
Airfoil
Lycoming O-235-C1
Power/mass
Piper J-3
Piper PA-12
Piper PA-15 Vagabond
Aeronca Sedan
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