Competition mode
Modern prop trainer

Fictional History
The Piper PA-57 created in 1972 is a development inspired by the famous British Fairey Gannet aircraft. In fact, the order made by the USAF had to be done in just one year. The design team of Piper, studied the option of buying an indeterminate quantity of Fairey devices for its transformation and adaptation to the new design of the PA-57, introducing the improved knowledge acquired in the PA-48 Enforcer. In this way, we obtained a heavy training aircraft, unconventional, but very robust and tested in adverse situations by the British Navy. The goal was to create a robust, powerful anti-insurgency training and combat aircraft that would support the veteran A-1 Skyrider. The plan of the Mayor state was qualify quickly the pilots to send them to the battle stage, which at that time was the Vietnam War. The cost of the war was very high and therefore the Piper PA-57 was a cheap option to improve ground support and take up the initiative. However, the first units arrived too late just in 1974, shortly before the end of the war and the dramatic withdrawal. In spite of everything, it became a popular plane among the pilots, given its good speed and maneuverability, good shielding and great capacity for survival. Although the specification of the USAF does not include weapons, Piper took into account the incorporation of specific weapons. In the first place, the Cobra Venom missiles used to hunt tanks, which incorporated improvements in speed and location of targets. Second, the short-range air-to-air missiles RBS A0, in collaboration with the Swedish company Robotsystem, which would be the precursors of the well-known RBS-70.

Options
AG1 - Navigation lights
AG2 - Landing lights
AG3 - Drop Bomb

Weapons
2 x 250 lbs bombs
2 x Cobra Venom Missile (Air-Ground) Medium-range
2 x Zuni Rockets
2 x RBS A0 (Air-Air) Short-range

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