When the inevitable high-wing versus low-wing argument boils up, Cessnas seem to represent the wing-on-top sentiment while Pipers carry the opposite side of the fight.
But it wasn’t always that way. With its signature Cub and later the Tri-Pacer, Piper favored high-wing designs during the company’s early years. But by the 1950s, Piper was in a jam.
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