Originally Posted by
Planemike
Is this really true? Would have thought the change would have been brought on by the normal progress of product development.
Hard to tell whether it's an urban myth or if Pan Am did really lean on Piper -
AFAIK there's no evidence that any dispute actually reached court.
Piper came up with a range of names and designations for the basically similar PA-15/16/17/20 models, so the change from PA-16 Clipper to PA-20 Pacer may just have been marketing-driven, to reflect the improved capabilities of the latter.