Years back I knew a gentleman who had a Piper Arrow and ended up selling it. But soon after, he regretted selling the airplane and started making plans to get a new one. He was pretty fixated on this, would often talk about it with his wife, and decided he was going to purchase a brand new, zero-hour Piper. But he chose the Cherokee six instead (actually the Lance, its modernized version). In the long talks with his wife, he would give every detail of options, avionics, etc that he wanted in his new dream airplane. He started searching local dealers, but there was a long waiting list for new airplanes so he couldn't help but wait. As it turned out, he was in for a remarkable surprise. In a movie-style plot, his wife pulled strings with the local dealers so they would make him believe there was a long waiting list to keep him from buying the airplane, and SHE purchased the Lance secretly. On his birthday, she handed him an envelope with a set of keys inside. The keys for a zero-hour Piper Lance. I don't know what was more amazing: getting an airplane as a birthday gift from the wife, or being so spankin' rich as to not even notice the withdraw of hundreds of thousands of $$$$ from the banking account to buy an airplane. I got to fly with him a couple of times in is new Lance, and also got to fly a few times in his old Arrow, with its happy new owner.

Love my Lance. Big old pick up truck. Not nearly as fast as a Bonanza but they get there 25 minutes earlier on a 500 nm flight. I’ll take the cabin comfort all day

He omitted a feature that I love: The forward cargo bin adds separation from the engine, and the engine noise is noticeably less!

Once I retire, I will be interested in buying a 6, hopefully a 300 hp. Had to give up flying so the kids could go to college but that is nearly over. Like Piper low wing aircraft as they are seemer harder to stall than the Cessnas 150, 152. 172. And the 6's apparently cheaper than the more popular Chessnas.

Nice job. I so appreciated you mentioning MP and RPMs while you were talking about the power settings. Nobody ever does that. I have a 79 always wanted one and I absolutely love it

savvy aviation - leaning and look at the advanced video

Great plane. I suggest getting the Lycoming engine manual and setting the engine controls in accordance with the manufacturer recommended settings. With full throttle, I set RPM and fuel flow to the economy settings in the manual and get 130 knots at 12 gph. I also keep 10° flaps during the climb to cruise to get there faster.

Always know where the electric pitch trim circuit breaker is located for a runaway trim. I’ve had it happen to me in a C210. It could run either way and if you are in IFR, you are in a serious survival situation.

thanks for that - great memories of my PA 32 6-300 - back in the late 70s - VH-MVT - but unfortunately the bloke who bought it after me - dumped it just up the road from you in Aldinga

Great Review! If you are looking for a Cherokee Six, don't skip test flying the 6-260, I have one and I love it. And it will cruise way below 16 gals an hour.

My father had a 6 (260hp version). A funeral director in town who knew my Dad asked him to take him to another nearby state to bring bag a body. I asked him what it was like flying with a body in the back (in a body bag). He said it was fine except when they'd hit some turbulence. Then the body would emit a moan.

Looks roomy very nice. Are you going to take us up in this one ?? Thanks

Love it

Super avion, combien ça coute par an et par heure ?

Only thing wrong with the Cherokee’s is everyone is onto how brilliant the 6-300 is and the one cockpit door

Nice video . Are there no Cherokee sixes with the middle seats facing the back seats . Wonder what the range of this aeroplane would be when the middle and back seays are replaced with a large turtle-pack (fuel bladder) .

Is it possible to use a toroidal propeller?`I mean it would reduce the fuel consumption by at least 20%.

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