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Piper Aztec

Truck-like with stable handling, PA-23s aren’t speedsters, but Aztecs make up for it by carrying a decent payload.

That’s a turbocharged Aztec in the main image wearing a sharp Scheme Designers paint scheme. It’ll cruise at around 195 knots.

That’s a turbocharged Aztec in the photo above, wearing a sharp Scheme Designers paint scheme. It’ll cruise at around 195 knots.

Piper’s stock Apache has long been for initial twin-engine training and time building because it’s reasonably economical, but it isn’t necessarily the best traveling. The good news is the PA-23 line—which started with the Apache—also includes the more capable Aztec.