Piper PA-31 Navajo

The Piper PA-31 Navajo is a family of twin-engined, low-wing, tricycle-gear utility aircraft that Piper designed for small cargo and feeder airlines and for corporate use. Development began in 1962 under the project name Inca, the prototype first flew on 30 September 1964, and the FAA certified the Navajo in February 1966. Production ran from 1967 to 1984 and produced many variants, among them the pressurized PA-31P, the stretched Navajo Chieftain with counter-rotating propellers, the Navajo C/R and the Mojave. The series was also assembled under licence in Argentina, Colombia and Brazil, where Embraer built the Chieftain as the EMB 820C.