Piper introduced the PA-24 Comanche in 1958 in a bid to compete ... though Piper briefly built a 400 hp model with a 720-cubic-inch, 8-cylinder Lycoming engine that has become a legend.

Piper Aircraft's sleek new PA-24 Comanche took to the skies for the first time over Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. Designed for ...

Piper dropped the 400 after 2 years and ... Sales never did catch the Bonanza, and the Comanche was proving expensive to build. In 1972, the Lock Haven factory where the Comanche was built ...

Today’s Top Pick is a 1963 Piper PA-24-250 Comanche. Take your mind back to the mid-1950s when Piper executives were working on their answer to rival Beechcraft’s Bonanza, a slick, all-metal ...

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But it was one type of airplane for which his expertise and reputation were nearly unmatched: the Piper Comanche. Mr. Weber, owner of Webco Aircraft Co. at Newton City-County Airport, died Friday.