N6470R · 1966

Marvelous Moe

Piper Cherokee 140

A classic Cherokee and the places she takes us.

Meet Moe

THE STORY

Meet Marvelous Moe

Marvelous Moe is a 1966 Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee, registration N6470R. This site is a home for the airplane’s story: flying around New England, the places we visit, the work that keeps a nearly sixty-year-old airplane flying, and the photographs collected along the way.

Like many early Cherokees, Moe is simple, practical and remarkably capable—the sort of airplane that turns a nearby grass strip, coastline or mountain airport into an excuse to go flying.

Marvelous Moe, Piper Cherokee 140 N6470R, parked on grass

THE AIRPLANE

A 1966 Cherokee 140

N6470RRegistration
PA-28-140Piper Cherokee 140
1966Model year
O-320Lycoming power
Close view of Marvelous Moe on the ramp

Moe retains the straightforward character of the early Cherokee: fixed gear, a low wing, conventional analog instruments and a design intended to make personal flying accessible.

FLYING MOE

New England from a Cherokee

From summer grass fields to winter approaches, the view from Moe changes with every flight.

View forward from Marvelous Moe in flight
En route over New England
Winter approach from the cockpit
A winter approach
Two people flying in Marvelous Moe
Out flying in Moe
Instrument panel of Marvelous Moe

FROM THE LEFT SEAT

Old-school flying

An analog panel, a tablet for modern navigation, and a view over the blue cowling. The cockpit is part 1966 and part twenty-first century.