Cherokee is the common name for the Piper's PA-28 family of aircraft models, which received its type certificate from the FAA in 1960 and is still under production by Piper Aircraft.

The Cherokee is an all-metal, unpressurized, four-seat, single-engine piston-powered plane with low wings and tricycle landing gear; its main competitors have been the Cessna 172 and the Beechcraft Musketeer. All Cherokees have a single door on the co-pilot side, which is entered by stepping on the wing. The low-end Cherokees are popular trainers.

Piper has created variations within the Cherokee family by installing engines ranging from 140 to 235 and even 300 horsepower, providing turbocharging, offering fixed or retractable landing gear and fixed-pitch or constant-speed propellers, and stretching the fuselage to accommodate 6 people.

The Arrow is basically a Cherokee/Warrior with retractable gear and a larger engine. There are a few other differences you'll notice just because it's a complex aircraft but it still performs just as badly as the Cherokee (especially during takeoff), and is 1 horsepower short of being considered high performance (Arrow III).

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