Questions tagged [piper-pa-14]
The Piper PA-14 Family Cruiser was a four-seat, single-piston-engine high-wing airplane manufactured by Piper from 1947 to 1949.
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Is it normal to fly or glide only one mile per hour above stall speed?
At one point, Through Gates of Splendor describes Nate Saint gliding in his Piper PA-14 Family Cruiser at 45 mph; the plane's stall speed is 44 mph. Earlier in the book, he flew at 45 mph. Is it ...
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Is more information available about missionary pilot Nate Saint's backup fuel system described in "Through Gates of Splendor"?
I'm currently reading the book Through Gates of Splendor, and at one point (pages 61-63 in the first edition, about halfway through Chapter 5), it describes a system invented by missionary pilot Nate ...
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