Aerostar / Superstar / Sequoya | |
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An Aerostar 600 in Red Deer, Alberta in 2000 | |
Role | Light transport aircraft |
National origin | United States |
Manufacturer | Ted Smith Aircraft Company Piper Aircraft Corporation |
Designer | Ted R. Smith |
First flight | 1967 |
Status | Active service |
Produced | 1967–1984 |
Number built | 1,010 |
The Piper Aerostar (formerly the Ted Smith Aerostar) is an American twin-engined propeller-driven executive or light transport aircraft, designed by Ted R. Smith. It was originally built by Ted Smith Aircraft Company, but the design was acquired in 1978 by the Piper Aircraft Corporation, which continued production of the aircraft as the PA-60.