Inside The $150,000 Piper Cherokee 235

Inside The $150,000 Piper Cherokee 235 Plane
This is the Piper Cherokee 235, the often-overlooked high-performance aircraft that is a true four-seat capable of carrying a full load of passengers and fuel. The Cherokee line began its life in the late 1950s when Piper Aircraft sought to introduce a new line of single-engine models to complement and eventually replace the Piper Tri-Pacer. From this vision, the Piper Cherokee emerged, debuting in 1960 with the PA-28-160 model.
Starting in the 1960s, Piper proved to be the absolute master of taking a single design and turning it into a bewildering variety of airplanes. The PA-28 Cherokee started life as a basic four-place, fixed-gear single with a 160-horsepower engine, positioned opposite the Cessna Skyhawk. Before all was said and done, the PA-28 had been mutated into everything from the lowly Cherokee 140 up to the Turbo Arrow IV.
The Cherokee 235 represented the top end of the fixed-gear PA-28 line, with a derated Lycoming O-540 engine mated to the basic Cherokee airframe. It was brought to market less than 3 years after the original Cherokee hit the scene, and aside from the engine, the only significant difference between the Cherokee 235 and its less-powerful siblings was an extra two feet of wingspan. But why is this aircraft often overlooked?
The purchase price for a used Piper Cherokee 235 is $50,000 to $150,000, and while the annual fixed cost is estimated at $15,000 to $25,000, the average hourly operating cost is estimated at $150 to $250.
Here is everything you need to know about the Piper Cherokee 235.
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1:32 - Cabin
4:05 - Cockpit
6:45 - Performance
8:52 - Prices
9:16 - Outro
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