About the Piper PA28-236 Dakota
The Piper PA-28-236 Dakota is a four-seat, low-wing, fixed-gear aircraft and one of the most powerful members of Piper's PA-28 Cherokee family. Introduced in the late 1970s, it pairs the tapered wing of the Piper Warrior with a 235-horsepower Lycoming O-540 engine, giving it a strong climb rate and the ability to carry a full load of passengers and fuel.
That mix of simplicity and performance makes the Dakota a practical cross-country aircraft — exactly the kind of machine used for a ferry flight, where an aircraft is moved from one airfield to another. On Virtual World Airways it flew a ferry route to Wangerland on Germany's North Sea coast.