Used Aircraft Guide: Piper Aerostar Offers Turbine-Like Performance
Flying Magazine
MAY 29, 2025
Subscribe Now Speed From the Beginning In 1963, Smith formed his own company to build a family of fast fliers, all built around the same fuselage, wings and tail. Five years later, the Model 600 emerged in 1968, with normally aspirated Lycoming IO-540 engines and a takeoff weight of 5,500 pounds.
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