I had a chance to fly in one a few months back and they are a pretty good plane if they have been taken care of. Of the 2116 PA23s 150, 160 and 235s there are still 1146 of them registered in the US. There are 2446 PA23-250 Aztecs registered.
The older models had no mufflers on the engines. The exhaust pipes were short and dumped into a five or six inch diameter pipe(augmenter tube) open at both ends. The exhaust acted like a jet in those tubes to evacuate heat from the engine compartments and gave off the sexy sound you referred to.
2007-04-13 11:02:18
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answered by eferrell01 7
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The ol apache has a good following. A quick look on trade a plane shows 16 for sale in the current listings with the newest one being a 1968 model. I think they were built between 1954 till 1970 (maybe 1969) But they were the beginning of the "light" twin market.
I kinda like seeing the ones that have been cared for and still doing the job! There are at least two on our airport.
2007-04-13 00:12:19
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answered by Tracy L 7
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Local commercial operator flies a Twin Otter in daily. They've upgraded the motors to turboprops, but still. Watched a DC-6 land a couple of days ago, and there are several 1930's Stinson's and Beavers with round motors here. Singles, but nonetheless cool. Up the road is a C-47 that is used to haul fuel out to remote airstrips too short for the DC-6, still with the round motors.
2007-04-13 12:09:49
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answered by lowflyer1 5
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I came within an ace of buying one of those old things about a year ago, MM. Felt sorry for the poor critter, 'cause it'd been rode hard and put away wet entirely too often (I know the feeling!). Then sanity returned, I shook my head and walked away. To give you an idea of how bad it was they were only asking around 20K for it. It was flying, but my goodness, I'm glad I wasn't the one that brought it into Hooks. The Apache wasn't much to begin with and this one would have needed somewhere in the neighborhood of 40K plus the asking price just to bring it to my idea of airworthy. I know how Travolta felt about the old Connie.
2007-04-12 18:56:54
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answered by Anonymous
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Oh geez, the amount of fuel I've poured into the likes of Apaches, Aztecs, Twin Comanches, Navajos, sometimes I wonder if I'm an honorary native American by now.........
2007-04-13 14:17:58
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answered by Baron_von_Party 6
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that specific kind is not so common, but i live up here in alaska so theres TONS of those smaller older planes
2007-04-12 19:10:04
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answered by Anonymous
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