Our Aircraft
(Exciting news! Our club recently sold the Archer shown below and purchased a similar aircraft with fewer total hours. We are now in the process of upgrading Archer N31532 with a Garmin GTN650xi, twin GI275s, Flight Stream 510, a new audio panel, and more!)
The DVA flying club has three beautiful Piper aircraft, allowing new members to start simple and move up to larger, more powerful, more complex planes:
- Piper Archer II ('79)
- Piper Dakota ('81)
- Piper Lance ('78)
Our aircraft are regularly maintained and kept in tip-top shape. These aren't beat-up rentals -- these are our planes, and we're proud to fly them. As a member of DVA, you're also part owner of these enviable aircraft.
1979 Piper Archer II (N2245W)
N2245W Equipment List
- Four seats (all leather!)
- 180 Horsepower
- New engine in 2022
- IFR equipped/certified
- Dual Garmin electronic G5s:
— Attitude/altitude/direction/speed indicator
— HSI with GPS nav interface - Garmin GNS430W: approach-certified WAAS GPS
- Garmin 330ES Digital Transponder (ADS-B out)
- Stratus unit for in-cockpit weather and traffic! (ADS-B in)
- Digital electronic tach
- Collins Nav/Com
- Glideslope/Localizer
- DME
- Two-Axis Autopilot
- EGT
- Backup Vacuum Source
- Alternate Static Source
- Fixed gear
1981 Piper Dakota (N51SW)
N51SW Equipment List
- Four seats, fixed gear, 144 knots TAS
- 235 horsepower!
- Dual Garmin electronic G5s:
— Attitude/altitude/direction/speed indicator
— HSI with GPS nav interface - Analog HSI
- IFR equipped/certified
- Garmin GNS530W and GSN430W
- Dual approach-certified WAAS GPS!
- Stratus unit for in-cockpit weather and traffic (ADS-B in)
- WX500 Stormscope -- displays on both Garmin GPSs
- Garmin GTX330 digital transponder (ADS-B out)
- Century 2000 autopilot with Altitude Hold
- Carb ice detector
- JPI EDM 800 graphical engine monitor
- PS Engineering audio panel with panel-mounted CD player
1978 Piper Lance (N2167A)
N2167A Equipment List
- Six seats, all leather (club seating in rear)
- 300 Horsepower
- Retractable gear
- IFR equipped/certified
- Garmin GNS430W: approach-certified WAAS GPS
- Dual Garmin electronic G5s:
— Attitude/altitude/direction/speed indicator
— HSI with GPS nav interface - Garmin 330ES Digital Transponder (ADS-B out)
- Three-Axis Autopilot with altitude hold
- Stratus unit for in-cockpit weather and traffic (ADS-B in)
- PS 7000B audio panel w/ intercom plus music and cellphone inputs
- Constant speed prop
- King KX-155 NAV COM
- EGT
- Backup Vacuum Source
- Alternate Static Source
Each of our aircraft is kept in an individual, private hangar at the Northeast Philadelphia Jet Center. As a member, you will get keys to the hangars and the planes.
Hangar doors are electrically operated with one finger -- no pushing or pulling! For the Lance, we also have a powered mini-tug to make ramp movements a breeze.
See the FAQ page for what we charge to fly our planes.