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119:. A second aircraft was built in 1947, it differed by having an all-metal construction, a 205 hp Continental E-185 engine and a one-piece windscreen. Neither version was placed into production at a time when a short boom in postwar 106:
trainer. Its fuselage had a fabric-covered metal frame with a four-seat cabin. It was a low-wing cantilever monoplane with a conventional tail unit and a retractable tailwheel landing gear. Originally to be powered by a 140 hp
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150 mph (240 km/h, 130 kn) at 125 hp (93 kW) and 140 mph (120 kn; 230 km/h) at 100 hp (75 kW) at sea level
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40 US gal (33 imp gal; 150 L) fuel; 2.5 US gal (2.1 imp gal; 9.5 L) oil
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49 mph (43 kn; 79 km/h) with flaps; 55 mph (48 kn; 89 km/h) without flaps
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1 × Continental E165 6-cyl. horizontally-opposed air-cooled piston engine, 165 hp (123 kW)
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Towards the end of 1944 Piper announced a number of aircraft types it intended to build after
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620 mi (1,000 km, 540 nmi) at 140 mph (120 kn; 230 km/h)
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engine. By the time it first flew the designation had been changed to
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Abandoned civil aircraft projects of the United States
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120 mph (100 kn; 190 km/h) at 40% power
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Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
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Piper Aircraft
1944
American
light aircraft
Piper Aircraft
Lock Haven, Pennsylvania
World War II
PT-1
Franklin engine
Continental E-165
general aviation
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Sensenich
Globe Swift
cite journal
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"General Aviation - An Overview", United States Centennial of Flight Commission
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