Featured Plane A Tale of Two Cubs Born in the ‘30s when airplanes were simpler and tougher, the Cub became an icon of aviation. It was both joyous and sad—and totally unexpected. I was in Florida on editorial business when I...

Featured Plane Piper Warrior Four-Seat Trainer for Two Though now out of production, the Piper Warrior was a capable competitor to Cessna’s Skyhawk. Park a Warrior next to a Skyhawk, and the primary differences would be all too...

Featured Plane Piper Apache The World’s First Modern Twin Trainer The airplane that taught many of today’s airline captains to fly I was sitting across from Chief Wendell Chino, chief of America’s Chiracahua Apache Indian tribe,...

Featured Plane Archer: In the Fourth Generation Reliability and Easy Handling have made the Archer a Mainstay in the Piper Lineup Many people regard the Piper Archer as the quintessential Cherokee. While it’s true today’s...

Featured Plane The Piper Dakota: Piper’s answer to the Skylane was well worth the investment Let’s say you manufacture a line of general aviation airplanes that’s fairly competitive with most anything on the market. You’ve been...

Featured Plane Piper Malibu 310 The Price & Pleasures of Pressurization Pressurization is perhaps aviation’s ultimate creature comfort. There’s little question that the market for light to medium twins has diminished...