![]() Not too long after that, Piper took their popular PA-32 Cherokee Six, installed a 115 hp Lycoming O-235 on each wing (leaving the engine on the front), and flew this new tri-motor PA-32-3M. Piper followed this up by taking their PA-24 single-engine Comanche and making it a twin-engine variant, the PA-30 Twin Comanche. Piper Aircraft, which has been around since the late 1920’s and perhaps best known for the Piper J-3 Cub, started producing multi-engine aircraft in the 1950s starting with the PA-23 Apache. The Development History of the Piper PA-34 Seneca It is one of the few remaining piston multis in aviation today. The current Seneca V model is a low-wing, six-seat aircraft equipped with retractable gear and two Continental TSIO-360-RB turbocharged engines. ![]() The Piper PA-34 Seneca has a fairly interesting development history, starting out as a tri-motor and now serving as a popular light twin-engine commuter aircraft. ![]() Piper PA-34 Seneca: One of the Last of It’s Kind
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