@ San Carlos, CA
March 2024
This handsome Comanche climbs out after departing out of San Carlos. First flown in 1956, the Comanche made up the core of the Piper Aircraft lineup until 1972, when the production line was wiped out in the great Susquehanna River flood. Instead of rebuilding the tooling, Piper chose to abandon production of the Comanche and continue with a newer design already in production at Piper’s other plant in Vero Beach, Florida, the PA-28R-200 Arrow. I love the improved aesthetics of tip tanks on aircraft and this was a good example. Each tank holds 15 gal, increasing the total fuel load from 60 gal to 90gal.