This early 1960s film is a long advertisement for Piper Aircraft produced by one of its distributors Tufts Edgcumbe. The action is depicted as a household drama between a husband and wife. A man and woman visit the Empire Aero Service hanger for Piper aircraft. They wave to a Piper as it flies over. A salesman greets the couple. The Piper PA-28 Cherokee (N9050W) lands on the runway. The wife’s early 1960s pillbox hat and pearls are clearly seen. On the ground is N8503W. The couple greets their daughter and son-in-law as they exit the Piper (:47-2:24). Inside the sales office, the secretary wears a long strand of pearls and 1960s cat-eye glasses. File cabinets line the walls (2:25-2:47). The Piper leaves and the couple talk to the salesman in front of a 1960s Bonneville convertible. The husband speaks to the salesman inside the office and puts literature about learning to fly inside his suitcoat (2:48-4:50). Unknown to the husband, the wife returns in the Bonneville to take a flying lesson in Piper Cherokee N8358W. The salesman (also a flight instructor) uses his hands and the wing to explain lift, the use of ailerons, stabilator, and rudder. The salesman explains the Cherokee’s instrument panel, with closeups of the magnetic compass, speedometer, gyro compass, artificial horizon, clock, altimeter, turn and bank indicator, rate of climb or descent, engine gauges, and tachometer (4:51-8:01). The woman starts the engine and taxis the Piper. The Piper is shown flying against a cloud backdrop (8:02-9:03). Unknown to the wife, the salesman and husband fly another day. Inside the cockpit shots are shown of the pilot flying with no hands to prove stability, as well as using the controls to go up and down and bank before landing. Information is written into a Pilot Flight Log book and handed to the husband (9:04-10:51). The insides of the cockpit show the woman flying. The man lifts his hands up excitedly as he exits after his first solo flight (10:52-11:50). The man and woman sit in wingback chairs in an elegant living room with a large fireplace. Each is reading a flying manual hidden by a newspaper (11:51-12:22). The wife tapes a cross-country strip of paper to a large map of the United States. She arrives for her flight in a 1960s short-sleeved dress with dark rickrack piping trim. The husband arrives. The two discover they are both flying in the larger Piper Six (N3202W). Footage is shown of the outside and inside of the plane. There is a back seat that also has a view of the instrument panel. (12:23-16:14). The Piper is seen outside a restaurant window where the three have lunch and discuss positive attributes of the Piper airplane. A Piper taxis as the salesman smiles at the camera and watches the Piper rise into the air. A pink teddy bear with a bow rides in the plane seat (16:15-20:00).
The Piper PA-28 Cherokee is a family of two- or four-seat light aircraft built by Piper Aircraft and designed for flight training, air taxi and personal use. The PA-28 family of aircraft comprises all-metal, unpressurized, single-engined, piston-powered airplanes with low-mounted wings and tricycle landing gear. They have a single door on the copilot 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 Warrior, Arrow and the Archer TX and LX. The Archer was discontinued in 2009, but with investment from new company ownership, the model was put back into production in 2010.
The PA-28 series competes with the high-winged Cessna 172 and the similarly low-winged Grumman American AA-5 series and Beechcraft Musketeer designs.
Piper has created variations within the Cherokee family by installing engines ranging from 140 to 300 hp (105–220 kW), offering turbocharging, retractable landing gear, constant-speed propeller and stretching the fuselage to accommodate six people. The Piper PA-32 (initially known as “Cherokee Six”) is a larger, six-seat variant of the PA-28. The PA-32R Saratoga variant was in production until 2009
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