PA-48 Enforcer
The Piper PA-48 Enforcer is an American turboprop-powered light close air support aircraft built by Piper in the 1970s. It is a development of the World War II-era North American P-51 Mustang fighter. The Enforcer concept was originally created and flown as the Cavalier Mustang by David Lindsay, owner of Cavalier Aircraft, in response to the United States Air Force PAVE COIN program, but Cavalier did not have the manufacturing abilities to mass-produce the Enforcer, so the program was sold to Piper by Lindsay in 1970.
Summary from Wikipedia, photo via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.
- Manufacturer
- Piper Aircraft
- Country of origin
- United States
Specifications
- Cruise speed
- 220 kt
- Max speed
- 349 kt
- Range
- 400 nm
- Service ceiling
- 25,000 ft
- Rate of climb
- 2,500 ft/min
- Max takeoff weight
- 14,000 lb
- Empty weight
- 7,200 lb
- Fuel capacity
- 424 US gal
- Powerplant
- Lycoming YT55-L-9
- Engines
- 1
- Seats
- 1
- Length
- 34.2 ft
- Wingspan
- 41.3 ft
- Height
- 8.8 ft
- Number built
- 4
Specifications are approximate and may vary by variant. Compiled from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Reference and training only. Specifications vary by variant — consult the manufacturer and the official documents.