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Villain/henchmens vehicle

Notes

The female stunt pilots of Pussy Galore's Flying Circus were supposed to spray lethal nerve gas from their planes over Fort Knox military base to prepare the way for Goldfinger.

The Piper Cherokee PA-28 entered the line of Piper planes as replacement of Tripacer and Colt models. First time this nice low wing plane flew was on 14.01.1960. Commercial models PA28-140 (powered by 150 hp Lycoming engine) entered market in 1961. Responding to the customers requests the company introduced PA28-180 with a 180HP engine and - in consequence - PA28-235 with 235HP engine in 1963. Since this time with various modifications (even named differently but based on the same design) Piper PA-28 became very popular plane for the low budget flying enthousiasts. Various models are still produced - Counting only versions with fixed gear, Piper sold over 30.000 units.

From 5 Planes used in 'Goldfinger', 4 are still noted in FAA registers as private possession (5th registration is unrecognised). We guess planes are still operational (however...N7489W crashed in December 1964 during landing).

The 'Goldfinger' planes:

• Registration: N5781W
  Model: Piper PA28-150 Cherokee
  Serial number: 28-1658
  Year: 1964
  Engine: Lycoming/0-320 series
  Location: Tennessee, USA
• Registration: N6056W
  Model: PIPER PA-28-140 Cherokee
  Serial number: 28-200680
  Year: 1964
  Engine: Lycoming/O-32 series
  Location: Idaho, USA
• Registration: N7489W
  Model: PIPER PA-28-180 Cherokee
  Serial number: 28-1400
  Year: 1963
  Engine: Lycoming/O&VO-360 series 180hp (Reciprocating engine)
  Location: Arizona, USA
• Registration: N8729
  Model: PIPER Model PA-28-235 Cherokee
  Serial number: 28-1400
  Year: 1964
  Engine: Lycoming/0-540 series 250hp
  Location: possibly Nevada, USA ?

Technical Data

• Manufactor: Piper Aircraft, Inc., USA
• Model: Piper Cherokee PA28-140
• Engine: Lycoming O320-E2A
• Power: 150hp at 2700rpm
• Max T/O weight: 975kg (2.150lb)
• Empty weight: 558kg (1.230lb)
• Wingspan: 9,14m (30 ft)
• Overall length: 7,08m (23ft 3in)
• Height: 2,21m (7ft 3in)
• Wing area: 14,86 m2 (160 sqft)
• Cruise speed: 188,9kmh at 3657,6m altitude
  (102 kn at 12,000 ft altitude)
• Max range (with reserve): ca 1.080km (583nm)
• Best rate of climb: 201m/min (660ft/min)
• Service ceiling: 4.359m (14.300ft)
• Takeoff ground roll: 244m (800ft)
• Landing ground roll: 151m (495ft)
• Capacity: pilot + 3 passengers

Gadgets

• 2 gas cylinders under each wing

Sources and Links

• Piper