Piper PA-20 Pacer

Under the designation Piper PA-20 Pacer, the company began production in 1950 of an updated version of the four-seat PA-16 Clipper. It introduced a number of improvements, including a larger area tailplane with balanced elevators, increased fuel capacity, redesigned landing gear and several interior refinements. As at first powered by a 81kW Avco Lycoming O-235-C1 engine, it had the designation PA-20 Pacer 115, but subsequent versions included the Pacer 125 with a 93kW O-290-D engine, and the generally similar Pacer 135 which introduced a variable-pitch propeller. When production ended in 1955 a total of 1,119 had been built, and the PA-20 Pacer 135 could demonstrate a maximum speed of 225km/h and had a range of 933km.