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The Piper PA-28 Cherokee is a family of light aircraft designed for flight training, air taxi, and personal use. It is built by Piper Aircraft.

All members of the PA-28 family are all-metal, unpressurized, single-engine, piston-powered airplanes with low-mounted wings and tricycle landing gear. They all have a single door on the co-pilot side, which is entered by stepping on the wing.

The first PA-28 received its type certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration in 1960, and the series remains in production to this day. Current models are the Arrow and Archer TX. The Archer was discontinued in 2009, but with investment from new Piper owners Imprimis, was put back into production in 2010.

The PA-28 series competes with the Cessna 172, the Grumman American AA-5 series, and the Beechcraft Musketeer.

Piper has created variations within the Cherokee family by installing engines ranging from 140 to 300 hp (105-220 kW), providing turbocharging, offering fixed or retractable landing gear, fixed-pitch or constant speed propellers, and stretching the fuselage to accommodate 6 people. The larger, six-seat variant of the PA-28 is generally the PA-32; earlier versions were known as the "Cherokee Six," and a PA-32 version called the Saratoga was in production until 2009.

Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee
Two place, fixed landing gear landplane, Lycoming O-320-E2A engine of 150 hp (112 kW), gross weight 1,950 lb (885 kg). First certified on 14 February 1964. Approved as a 2,150 lb (975 kg) gross weight four place aircraft on 17 June 1965.

Piper PA-28-160 Cherokee
Four place, fixed landing gear landplane, Lycoming O-320-B2B or O-320-D2A engine of 160 hp (119 kW), gross weight 2,200 lb (998 kg). First certified on 31 October 1960.

Piper PA-28-161 Cherokee Cadet
A French-built version owned by the Aero Club de Berck.

Geoff has probably done more hours in THIS individual
aircraft than any other - Photo from June 2004.

Piper PA-28-180 Archer
Four place, fixed landing gear landplane, Lycoming O-360-A4A or O-360-A4M engine of 180 hp (134 kW), gross weight 2,450 lb (1,111 kg). First certified on 22 May 1972. Changes from the PA-28-180 Cherokee include a five inch fuselage extension, wing span increase, larger horizontal tail, gross weight increase and other minor changes.

Piper PA-28-161 Warrior II
Four place, fixed landing gear landplane, Lycoming O-320-D3G or O-320-D2A engine of 160 hp (119 kW), gross weight 2,325 lb (1,055 kg). First certified on 2 November 1976. Changes from the PA-28-160 include a tapered wing. Certified on 1 July 1982 for gross weight of 2,440 lb (1,107 kg).

 Geoff push-starting? a Warrior II at Manston in July 2003

 Another Warrior II that Geoff
flew at Manston - April 2004

(Geoff has flown every individual
aircraft featured on this page.)

Piper PA28/161 Cadet
&
Robin HR-200/100
- Berck Aero Club - April 2005 -

More Piper PA-28-161 Warrior II pics:

PA-28 161 Warrior II - G-BXAB

PA-28 161 Warrior II - G-BLVL

PA-28 161 Warrior II - G-BGPL

January 2014: F-GNCM gets a face-lift: