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Durango air strip glider tug

Piper PA-25 Pawnee

La Plata, Colorado, United States

 

The PA-25 Pawnee was an agricultural aircraft produced by Piper Aircraft between 1959 and 1981. It remains a widely used aircraft in agricultural spraying and is also used as a tow plane, or tug, for launching gliders or for towing banners. In 1988 the design rights and support responsibility were sold to Latino Americana de Aviación of Argentina.

 

Designer Fred Weick

First flight 1957

Introduction August 1959

Produced 1959-1981

Number built 5167

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