The Piper PA-14 Family Cruiser is an American -built small touring aircraft of the late 1940s.
7-519: Piper Aircraft had built the PA-12 Super Cruiser three-seat touring aircraft between early 1946 and March 1948. In 1947, the PA-12 design was adapted to a four-seat layout by widening the cabin by five inches at the instrument panel and adding slotted flaps. The original high-wing and fixed tailwheel undercarriage layout features were retained. The PA-14 prototype made its first flight from
14-522: A 75 hp (56 kW) Lycoming O-145 . The newer PA-12 model was initially powered by a 108 hp (81 kW) Lycoming O-235-C engine, was fully cowled, and had a metal spar wing with two 19 gallon fuel tanks. A Lycoming O-235-C1 engine rated at 115 hp (86 kW) for takeoff was optional. The prototype NX41561 was converted from a J-5C and first flew from Lock Haven, Pennsylvania , on 29 October 1945. The first production model followed on 22 February 1946 and quantity production continued until
21-574: Is an American three-seat, high wing, single-engine conventional landing gear -equipped light aircraft that was produced by Piper Aircraft between 1946-48. The PA-12 was an upgraded and redesignated Piper J-5 . When Piper dropped the J- designation system in exchange for the PA- system, the J-5C became the PA-12 "Super Cruiser". The earlier J-5s had been powered by either a 100 hp (75 kW) Lycoming O-235 or
28-840: The Angels , flew around the world. The worst mechanical failure they suffered was a cracked tailwheel. The City of Washington currently resides at the Boeing Aviation Hangar, part of the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia . The City of the Angels is on display at the Piper Aviation Museum in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania . PA-12s have been exported to a number of countries including Belgium, Canada, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Switzerland and
35-490: The company's Lock Haven Pennsylvania factory on 21 March 1947. A second PA-14 was completed on 6 February 1948 and the first customer deliveries were made later that year. 238 examples were completed, most being sold to private owner pilots in the United States, but overseas sales included several to France . The aircraft was launched at a time of serious financial difficulty for the company, and indeed, soon after
42-569: The last example of 3760 built was completed on 18 March 1948. The PA-12 is approved for wheels, skis, floats and also for crop spraying . Cockpit accommodation is provided for the pilot in the front seat and two passengers in the rear seat, side-by-side. Unlike the J-3 Cub the PA-12 is flown solo from the front seat. Many PA-12s have been modified with larger engines. Wing flaps and a metal-skin fuselage can be added as modifications. In 1947, two PA-12s, named City of Washington and City of
49-728: The release of the Family Cruiser, Piper was placed in receivership , from which it later successfully emerged. 126 examples remained registered in the United States in April 2011, of which 81 were based in Alaska and 13 aircraft were registered in Canada . Data from Piper Aircraft and their forerunners General characteristics Performance Related development Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Piper Super Cruiser The Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser
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