Derelict Piper Tri Pacer In Sepia

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Derelict Piper Tri Pacer In Sepia

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Bill Dussault

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Photograph - Photo

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An abandoned, wingless, propeller less, Piper TriPacer lies abandoned in the woods adjacent to a small New England Airport in this sepia treatment of a photo taken in March 2014.

FROM WIKIPEDIA:The Piper PA-20 Pacer was originally designed as a tailwheel aircraft and thus had somewhat limited forward visibility on the ground and more demanding ground-handling characteristics. To help introduce more pilots to easier, safer flying, from February 1951, Piper introduced the PA-22 Tri-Pacer with a nosewheel instead of the tailwheel landing gear.[1] Both the Pacer and the Tri-Pacer belong to a sub-group of Piper aircraft called "Short Wing Pipers." Additionally, the Tri-Pacer offered higher-powered engine options in the form of 150 hp (112 kW) and 160 HP (120 kW) engines, whereas the largest engine available to the original Pacer had an output of 135 hp (100 kW).[2] At the time the tricycle undercarriage became a popular preference and 1953 saw the PA-22 Tri-Pacer outsell the Pacer by a ratio of six to one.[3] Due to the geometry of the nosewheel installation it is sometimes called the "Flying Milk Stool".[4]

In 1959 and 1960 Piper offered a cheaper, less well-equipped version of the Tri-Pacer with a 150 HP (112 kW) Lycoming O-320 designated the PA-22-150 Caribbean.[5] Over 9400 Tri-Pacers were produced[2] between 1950 and 1964 when production ended, with 3280 still registered with the FAA in April 2018.[6]

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