Editing Piper Aircraft (section)

===1950s===
The outbreak of the [[Korean War]] in 1950 helped to stimulate production at Piper, which again won large orders for military versions of the Cub.<ref name="Trimble244"/> William Piper regained control of the company the same year, and the decision was made to develop a twin-engine aircraft. The company initially investigated producing the [[Baumann Brigadier]], but later decided to develop a Stinson design, which became the [[Piper PA-23|PA-23 Apache]].<ref name="Trimble244"/> In its business planning following the war, it became clear the Lock Haven facility would not support larger manufacturing efforts, and in 1955 it acquired rights to property at the [[Vero Beach Municipal Airport]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}} Vero Beach was initially used as a center for design work under [[Fred Weick]], with the first aircraft developed there being Piper's first [[agricultural aircraft]], the [[Piper PA-25 Pawnee|PA-25 Pawnee]], announced in 1958 and entering production the following year at Lock Haven.<ref>{{cite magazine| title=A New Agricultural Piper |magazine=[[Flight International|Flight]] |date=19 December 1958 |volume=74 |issue=2604 |page=934 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1958/1958-1-%20-%200926.html |access-date=12 August 2012 }}</ref>