Piper PA-6
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The Piper PA-6 Sky Sedan was a 1940s American four-seat light aircraft designed and built in prototype form by Piper Aircraft at its Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, factory.{{cite journal|journal=Air Progress|date=November 1978|page=85}}
History
Towards the end of 1944 Piper announced a number of aircraft types it intended to build after World War II. One of these was the PWA-6 Sky Sedan (Post War Airplane 6). A prototype was built in 1945 as a development of Piper's unsuccessful two-seat PT-1 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 Franklin engine, it had a 165 hp Continental E-165 engine. By the time it first flew the designation had been changed to PA-6. 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 general aviation was ending.Brady (2000), p.244Bednarek, Dr. Janet. [http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/GENERAL_AVIATION/GA_OV.htm "General Aviation - An Overview", United States Centennial of Flight Commission] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915024450/http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/GENERAL_AVIATION/GA_OV.htm |date=2012-09-15 }} retrieved 11 August 2012
Specifications (PA-6)
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|eng1 name=Continental E165
|eng1 type=6-cyl. horizontally-opposed air-cooled piston engine
|eng1 hp=165
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See also
References
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;Notes
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;Bibliography
- {{cite book |title=The American Aviation Experience: A History |last=Brady |first=Tim |year=2000 |publisher=Southern Illinois University Press |location=Carbondale, Illinois |isbn=0-8093-2371-0 }}
- Roger W. Peperell and Colin M.Smith, Piper Aircraft and their forerunners, 1987, Air-Britain (Historians), {{ISBN|0-85130-149-5}}, Page 47 and 50.
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