N1147X is a 1975 Piper Arrow equipped with a 200 hp engine, retractable gear, 3-bladed constant speed prop, four seats and two 25-gallon fuel tanks. The aircraft is equipped for night and IFR operations and is a suitable trainer for both Instrument Ratings and Complex Aircraft Endorsements. Avionics include dual NAVCOMs, Garmin GNS 530 WAAS GPS, KT165 Mode C Transponder, and Piper AutoControl IIIB Autopilot. N1147X does not have the automatic gear extension feature installed on earlier Arrows.

The T-41C Mescalero was designed and manufactured by Cessna, and delivered to the USAF for preliminary flight screening of pilot candidates. It is an all metal, single engine, high wing monoplane. The propeller is all metal, fixed pitch, and designed for best climb. The T-41C is powered by a horizontally-opposed, fuel-injected, six-cylinder, IO-360-D engine rated at 210 BHP at 2,800 RPM. In 1968 and 1969, the US Air Force Academy acquired 52 T-41C’s with the 210 HP engines and climb props for better high altitude performance at the USAF Academy in Colorado Springs. N7869N is on government loan to PRNFC.