Piper PA-15 Vagabond

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The Piper PA-15 Vagabond was the first post-World War II Piper aircraft design, utilising the same production tooling that created the famous Piper Cub and Super Cub, as well as structural components, but used to make a new wing (generally similar to that on the Piper Cub, except shorter) and a new fuselage (with side-by-side seating for two instead of tandem seating for two). This allowed the aircraft to be built with minimal design and with ease, and is credited with saving the company from bankruptcy after the war. The Vagabond was later superseded by the Pacer, Tri-Pacer and Colt, which are all in fact variations of the Vagabond design.

Related Topics:
Piper - World War II - Piper Cub - Super Cub - Pacer - Tri-Pacer - Colt

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The PA-17 version featured dual controls to enable it to be used for pilot training, and also had revised undercarriage.

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The PA-15 and PA-17 Vagabonds, along with the later Pacer, Tri-Pacer, Colt and their variants are supported by a very active aircraft type club, The Shortwing Piper Club.

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