Specifically, the PA-23-250 Aztec is a true six-seater which was derived from the PA-23 Apache but with larger engines and a bigger tailplane, an all-moving stabilator replacing the Apache’s conventional fixed surface/elevators. Considering to buy an Aztec Turbo F for the following reason: full de-ice capability, little faster, safety of 2nd engine, + experience in multi engine. The tube frame fuselage and standard Piper wing was retained. First select fuel on, operating the levers between the seats−airline pilot and co-owner Tim leaves the fuel switched off and expects you to have the logical approach and professionalism to turn them on before start. Piper Aztec / Geronimo / Apache sale listings. ‘Kermit’ had turbo engines originally, long since replaced with more rugged and reliable non-turbo examples. The aircraft remains super stable at high speed and with it level the speed washes off at a manageable rate as we join the circuit. P/N 17868-000 or 17868-00 or 17868. Piper Cherokee Six sale listings. Then I go to full throttle and check two sets of Ts and Ps as we accelerate briskly. That solved the problem, but it still wasn’t perfect and Piper eventually redesigned and enlarged the tail for the F model. Airframe 3780 Total Time Murfreesboro Aviation. Overall, though, the controls have a very good feel, fantastic actually−I know when an aircraft has great flying controls if afterwards it’s difficult to write down anything specific about them. Specifically, the PA-23-250 Aztec is a true six-seater which was derived from the PA-23 Apache but with larger engines and a bigger tailplane, an all-moving stabilator replacing the Apache’s conventional fixed surface/elevators. http://www.controller.com/listingsdetail/aircraft-for-sale/PIPER-AZTEC/1965-PIPER-AZTEC/1442851.htm? Piper Aztec Series Aircraft Information. Buy and sell planes and helicopters online at GlobalPlaneSearch.com. The seats are large and comfortable. This usually results in a bit of see-sawing in roll until they settle down. Piper Aztec Sales Brochure. Given its vintage, it should have a longer nose than the original, and officially be a foot shorter than the F−except that this one appears to have been retrofitted with an F nose after an accident with the nosewheel. Hopefully we will be selling amphibious Aztec Nomads soon. • Contact Lenny Larson - AEROWERKS, Owner - located Austin, TX United States • Telephone: 512 948 1661 • Posted December 16, 2020 • Show all Ads posted by this Advertiser • Recommend This Ad to a Friend • Email Advertiser • … Like a trusted friend and a Toyota Land Cruiser, the Aztec is reliable and dependable. The elevator trim crank works in the correct sense but the rudder knob is confusing as hell. Piper Aztec Nomad. This cockpit is a time capsule, seemingly unchanged since new, apart from the 8.33 radio and Mode S transponder in the centre stack. P/N 17428-003 or 17428-03. Hence the mags and start toggle switch on the left cockpit wall, and fuel tank selectors and cross feeds between the front seats on their own console, with the cowl flap levers at the front. 17868-000, 17868-00, Piper Aircraft Inspection Cover Plate. To send a link to this page you must be logged in. The Aztec was sold side-by-side with the Apache, and hurt the lighter airplane’s sales badly. Aztec Nomad Inc. 1201 Gravenhurst Parkway, Piper Cherokee Dakota sale listings. No corrosion. Piper Cherokee Arrow sale listings. What is so special about the Aztec? If, however we get away from the ground to a reasonable height we can consider continuing on one−providing everything can be put in the right place fairly promptly. Search 1000's of Aircraft listings updated daily from 100's of dealers & private sellers. Give me the smaller tail any day. C $169.16. Total Time: 6763. Tim is not happy. Using the published cruise figures for the E model, that’s the equivalent of losing 80hp of thrust! With production ending in 1981, the newest available will be nearly forty years old, and the oldest over sixty. The amphibian Aztec Nomad is not approved yet but most of the work is done and submitted to Transport Canada for approval. Condition is "Used". The forward one has an extra safety catch−which drops over the opening lever−after a few accidentally came open in flight, taking out the starboard prop and engine. 1979 PIPER AZTEC F Multi Engine Piston for sale located in Westerly RI from Tsunami Aircraft Sales, Inc. 2363887. It’s interesting that Piper revised design logic with the later Navajo, instead using the ceiling for some switchery, airliner-style. With a little temperature showing on the oil it’s time to taxi. In normal flight the pitch/power change relationship is absolutely not a problem and in fact the aircraft is easy to fly−more so than other Piper twins like the Twin Comanche, Seneca and Navajo. Beechcraft Baron 58 (TH-1936) View Listing; Sold Out Diamond DA42 MPP (42MN007) View Listing; Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain (31-7752172) $ 200,000.00 View Listing See the price, spec and contact the seller of this 1978 Piper Aztec PA-23-250 for sale. Later on in the month I had the opportunity to do a longer flight as my friend took it on a trip to Vienna and picked me up on the way home after I had ferried an Su-29 from Spain to Germany. In the world of literature, the sequel is often more successful than the first book and so it was with this aircraft. Originally named {Apache} and later Aztec, the Piper PA-23 is a 1950s US twin-engined monoplane. The ailerons feel light and strong, the engine mass on the wings resulting in a much higher roll inertia−called hysteresis−than single engine pilots normally experience. In 1959, 368 Apaches were built. Search aircraft for sale for free! I point the nose down and let the speed build up to Vne just to experience flight at the top end of the envelope while getting down to 1,250ft for an overhead join at White Waltham. The Aztec was sold side-by-side with the Apache, and hurt the lighter airplane’s sales … We’ll customize a conversion to your needs and finances. What we won’t be doing is to try and climb out on one engine if the other one fails before rotation. 1960 Piper Aztec For Immediate Sale Murfreesboro, TN (KMBT) Murfreesboro Aviation 1936 Memorial Boulevard * Murfreesboro, TN * 37129 Mobile: 615.948.0008 Blake@BoroAv.com * www.BoroAv.com Beautiful Paint! We leave the runway and I reach down, swipe away the safety latch with my thumb and raise the gear. The E shares with all other models the Lycoming IO-540 or TIO-540 engines (the extra ‘T’ in the prefix standing for turbocharged, of course). Piper Aircraft Inspection Cover Plate. It’s not an airliner and doesn’t have the performance. Piper Cheyenne sale listings. The outstanding performance of the Aztec continues when installed on floats, such as big payload and fast cruise for 6 persons. The loyal following for this aircraft is not without reason. With 2 x 250hp replacing 2 x 160hp, the Aztec addressed all of the underpowered Apache’s shortcomings; speed, payload and more. There’s more but those are the important items. We’ve been modifying Aztecs on straight floats since 1981. Aircraft Search Results - FindAircraft.com is the #1 aircraft for sale search engine and trusted Aircraft Dealer Network since 1998 with over 18,000 daily listings. It comes up in three seconds and then the lever springs back to neutral, one white light above replacing three greens. Allow about 3-4 months to complete a conversion. The wings and tail are also fitted with de-icing boots, originally a non-Piper retrofit option but eventually available at the factory, such was their popularity. Murfreesboro Aviation 1936 Memorial Boulevard * Murfreesboro, TN * 37129 In 1960, Piper introduced the Aztec, a stretched PA-23 airframe with 250-HP Lycoming O-540-A1B5 engines and a larger tail with stabilator. Top Rated Seller Top Rated Seller. The prototype of the Aztec was a four-seater low-wing all-metal monoplane with a twin tail, powered by two pistone engines. It means that doing the pictures is the hardest part of the flight, and that includes single engine work! Ads Now Automatically Display on: Scroll All Categories That is, until we home in on the camera ship. I climb up on the starboard wing and open the single cockpit door. Piper Cherokee Archer sale listings. Piper Aircraft For Sale - Used and new airplanes Aviators Hot Line has Piper airplanes for sale listed in several areas of our website, including the Piston Single and Piston Twin directories. This is a very hard to find item. Add to Wish List. On what2fly.com I noticed the cost/NM for PA32 is around $.80 vs. Aztec $1.57? I currently own a PA32-300 Cherokee Six. In fact, the prototype crashed during flutter tests in 1958, taking test pilot Robert Piggott with it. The run up and pre-takeoff vital actions are also straightforward, but I hold the feather check on the port side too long and end up stopping the engine. The offer for sale of all aircraft is subject to contract and the aircraft may at any time be withdrawn from the market without prior notice. LED lights, Part 135 Ready! See the price, spec and contact the seller of this 1960 Piper Aztec PA-23-250 for sale. After starting up it’s a very simple procedure to bring everything on line. At this moment there should be a gentle whirring sound as my wrist watch winds itself back forty-eight years. Model: PA-23-250: Gross Weight: 4,800: Engines: Lyc. FindAircraft.com searches the Internet daily for aircraft for sale and puts them into an easy-to-use, searchable database. I am drawn to the wings: at 37ft in span, they are beefy in section, having the US version of the good old Clark Y aerofoil, as on everything else Piper designed from the 1930s Cub until the laminar-flow Comanche. Aztec sales were brisk from the start and the Apache production line was closed just four years later. Flying a twin is always an occasion and the Aztec doesn’t disappoint: we’ve a total of 500hp whisking us down the runway. This gave increased stability in pitch but robbed ten mph from the cruise speed. In an Aztec only the coaxial rudder trim knob and elevator trim crank are mounted in the ceiling, like an early Cherokee. Repeat for engine number two. The Aztec is certainly a true six-seater, albeit the rearmost seats have slightly reduced elbow- and headroom, being located at the start of the taper of the rear fuselage. There is just one hydraulic pump−on the left engine−and back up hydraulics are provided by ‘armstrong’: a mechanical lever with a big red knob which telescopes out from under the centre panel, between the gear and flap levers. or Best Offer +C $20.09 shipping. Engine start is completely straightforward for a fuel-injected Lycoming (earlier models had carburettors). Piper Comanche sale listings. It’s a functional and business-like cockpit, with pretty much everything where you would expect it to be at an age when flat screens were only being imagined by Stanley Kubrick in 2001: A Space Odyssey (in case you didn’t know, that’s where everyone gets ideas from). With two engines to control and a full IFR fit (it’s got boots, remember) Piper ran out of room with just the main panel. Switch on the battery, mixture lever forward on the centre console and hit the fuel pump until the fuel pressure indication registers. It’s time to take Kermit home. Sorry! Floatplane (FULLY APPROVED) We’ve been modifying Aztecs on straight floats since 1981. Incidentally that prototype was sold to Piper’s agent in England, CSE Aviation in the early ’60s, flew here as G-ASND and appears to be still in existence in the USA. What was the state of the art, back then? Some are for sale for as little as £35,000. You can see part of the tube frame fuselage structure behind the front screen. Piper Aztec Aircrafts For Sale: 0 Aircrafts - Find Piper Aztec Aircrafts on Aero Trader. Post Free 90-Day Ads that Display on Multiple Sites! Baggage loading is catered for by forward and rear hatches. 1960 Piper Aztec. Serial Number: 27-8054052. Here you can find and buy - Piper - Comanche 250 PIPER AZTEC 1968 • $82,500 • AVAILABLE FOR SALE • 1968 Piper Aztec LH 968.8 SMOH, RH 968.8 SMOH, TTAF 5388. Add to Cart. I feel a little buffet in the nanosecond before we land. Pre-Owned. I pull the power back to 25 ‘square’−that’s 25in and 2,500rpm. Max gross weight was 4800 pounds. PUBLISHED: 11:30 16 October 2020 | UPDATED: 12:29 16 October 2020, Piper PA23-250 Aztec E (Credit: Keith Wilson). That usually only happens when I’m in the back of an airliner and is a measure of how relaxing the Aztec is, both to fly and travel in. The ASI pegs at nearly 2,000fpm - although we would see 500fpm less at maximum weight. Serial number 27-7854110, Registration number N63983. After fifteen minutes of orbits, breaks and position changes I can feel a few beads of sweat rolling down my neck. Even if we get it right we’ll only get a climb rate of a couple of hundred feet per minute. Thank you for looking. (Autoflite Model) (Lbs.) Number of Seats: 6. FlightRules: IFR. If there’s any criticism of the Aztec it’s going to be with the tail. We have a great online selection at the lowest prices with Fast & Free shipping on many items! A walk around shows that Kermit is in very good condition for the year, with no obvious corrosion and the paint in good order, due in part to it recently being touched/resprayed where necessary. I was expecting it and catch it easily then trim out the force. Rugged construction and excellent parts availability provide a good foundation for reasonable operating costs. Fresh Annual With Sale! It certainly makes an excellent instrument platform and IFR flying is a doddle, even on one engine once you have trimmed out the rudder force! Length 9.52m (31ft 3in); Height 3.15m (10ft 4in); Wing span 11.33m (37ft 2in), Empty weight 1,380kg (3,042 lb); Max AUW 2,359kg (5,200 lb); Useful load 979kg (2,158 lb); Power loading 6.34kg/kW (10.4 lb/hp); Fuel capacity 545 lit (144 USG); Baggage capacity 113kg (250 lb), Vne 188kt (216mph); Cruise 182kt (210mph); Stall full flap 56kt (65mph); Takeoff over 50ft 381m (1,250ft); Landing over 50ft 381m (1,250ft); Climb rate 1,490fpm; Climb rate (single engine) 240fpm ; Ceiling 21,000ft, Lycoming IO-540-C4B5 producing 250hp (186kW); Hartzell metal two-blade constant speed. The outstanding performance of the Aztec continues when installed on floats, such as big payload and fast cruise for 6 persons. I have a very nice original Piper Aztec sales brochure for sale. Address Piper Aztec 23-150 / 23-250 Aileron Bracket Assembly as shown on photo. Sale Britten-Norman BN-2A-21 Islander (643) $ 179,500.00 $ 169,500.00 View Listing; Sold Out Piper PA 23-250 Aztec F (27-7654198) $ 98,500.00 $ 65,500.00 View Listing; Related products. Incredible Paint and Leather interior. 10 Piper Aztec Aircraft for Sale Worldwide. Then it’s throttle back to an inch open, mixture cut off, mags on and starter on until the engine fires and the mixture goes back to rich. Compare this Product. Conversely I flare about three feet too high and the speed gets too low before we touch down. Download the Brochure. Shipped with USPS First Class. Jun 25, 2020 - Explore Trade-A-Plane's board "Piper Aircraft", followed by 1847 people on Pinterest. Piper Cherokee sale listings. (Standard Model) (Lbs.) Plane-Sale.com: Buying and selling AIRCRAFT and HELICOPTERS worldwide. Is this aircraft is a 1950s US twin-engined monoplane buffet in the world of,. Online at GlobalPlaneSearch.com Piper revised design logic with the later Navajo, instead using published! 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