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Piper PA-28 series

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Low wing single piston four-seater light aircraft. Includes Arrow, Archer LX / TX and Warrior III variants. Also training variants Pilot 100 and Pilot 100i.

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Lift type

Fixed wing

Construction

Factory-built

Control

Piloted

Engine type

Piston, Diesel

Application

Touring, Trainer

Design & construction

Primary structure

Aluminium

Wing

Aluminium

Landing gear

Fixed tricycle

Ice protection

None

Pressurisation

Unpressurised

Flight controls

Mechanical

Autopilot

2-axis

Avionics architecture

Standalone glass

Environmental control

None-unpressurised

Wing position

Low

Planform

Straight

Tail

Conventional

Certification

Part 23

Minimum crew

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Production end	Notes
Piper PA-28 Cherokee	1960 / 1960	1972	Production: 32 (2026) GAMA: Piper Aircraft, Inc. PA-28-181 Archer / Pilot 100i. Baseline series.
Piper PA-28 Arrow	1967 / 1967	2019	Production: 3 (2020) GAMA: Piper Aircraft, Inc. PA-28R-201 Arrow. Derived from Cherokee series, includes turbocharged variants.
Piper PA-28 Archer	1972 / 1972		Production: 93 (2022) GAMA: Piper Aircraft, Inc. PA-28-181 Archer III. Series with stretched body and new wings, includes Archer TX (training variant) and Archer LX.
Piper PA-28 Warrior	1973 / 1973	2016	Production: 5 (2016) GAMA: Piper Aircraft, Inc. PA-28-161 Warrior III. Training aircraft series.
Piper Archer DX	2014 / 2014		Diesel powered variant, includes Archer DLX (diesel derivation of LX).
Piper Pilot 100/100i	2019 / 2019		Production: 53 (2022) GAMA: Piper Aircraft, Inc. PA-28-181 Pilot 100i. Upgraded variants, further development of the trainer series.

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Piper Aircraft, Inc.

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