Last Annual: 6/28/2025 Complete Logs -available upon request. This is one of very few Archers with the cleanest exterior and most modern glass cockpit panels. It is mistaken by many people that this airplane is a brand new airplane. 1974 Piper Cherokee Archer is the first year of Piper Archer. Because it retained its Hershey Bar wing, it was called Cherokee Archer while expanding 5 inch in lengt......more.