The Piper PA-42-720 Cheyenne IIIA was a twin-turboprop business aircraft designed to compete directly with the dominant Beechcraft King Air 200 in the executive transport market. First flown as the Cheyenne III prototype in 1979, it was a low-wing twin-engine turboprop featuring a distinctive T-tail configuration that could accommodate up to 10 passengers plus one pilot. Measuring over 43 feet in length with a cruise speed of 288 knots, approximately 60 examples of this variant were manufactured by Piper Aircraft Corporation between 1984 and 1992.
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| GRIFFIN AVIATION LLC | 1987 | 42-5527036 | VA | A9AD9E |