This Day in Aviation History
April 29th, 1971
First flight of the Piper PA-48 Enforcer.
 
The Piper PA-48 Enforcer is a turboprop powered light close air support/ground-attack aircraft built by Piper Aircraft Corp. Lakeland, Florida. It was the ultimate development of the original World War II North American P-51 Mustang. The Enforcer concept was originally created and flown as the Cavalier Mustang by David Lindsay, owner of Cavalier Aircraft, in response to the United States Air Force PAVE COIN program, but Cavalier did not have the political clout or manufacturing abilities to mass-produce the Enforcer, so the program was sold to Piper by Lindsay in 1970….
 
Source:
Wikipedia, Piper PA-48 Enforcer: http://gstv.us/1SNHp5k
 
YouTube, P-48 ENFORCER BY PIPER: http://gstv.us/1Fmf6G2
 
Photo from: http://gstv.us/1SNHKVM
 
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