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The Piper J-3 Cub is an American light aircraft that was built between 1938 and 1947 by Piper Aircraft. The aircraft has a simple, lightweight design which gives it good low-speed handling properties and short-field performance.
The Piper PA-18 Super Cub is a two-seat, single-engine monoplane. Introduced in 1949 by Piper Aircraft , it was developed from the PA-11 Cub Special , and traces its lineage back through the J-3 Cub to the Taylor E-2 Cub of the 1930s.
Piper Aircraft Company factory in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania during the 1930s, with the Piper Cub logo superimposed at the top Piper PA-18-150 Super Cub.Built 1958. Piper PA-28-161 Warrior II Piper PA-34-200T Seneca Piper PA-31 Navajo airframe used for crash testing by NASA after a 1972 flood inundated Piper's factory Early-production PA-31 Navajo Piper PA-32RT-300T Turbo Lance II Piper PA-44 ...
Walter Corey Jamouneau (born 21 September 1912, New Jersey - d. 13 September 1988, Pennsylvania), was the aviation engineer who designed the Piper J-3 Cub light aircraft. By modifying the contours of the Taylor H-2 Cub, he created the shape and form of the unforgettable Piper Cub.
J-3 Cub: 1938 19,888 Single-engined high-wing cabin monoplane J-4 Cub Coupe: 1939 1,252 Single-engined high-wing cabin monoplane J-5 Cub Cruiser: 1940 1,507 Single-engined high-wing cabin monoplane P-1 Applegate Duck 1940 1 Amphibian: P-2 Cub 1941 1 Single-engined high-wing cabin monoplane P-3 0 Single-engined high-wing cabin monoplane P-4 Cub ...
The Taylor J-2 Cub (later also known as the Piper J-2 Cub) is an American two-seat light aircraft that was designed and built by the Taylor Aircraft Company.The company became the Piper Aircraft Company and the J-2 was first of a long line of related Piper Cub designs.
Piper kept Gilbert on as president, but after clashes between the two, Piper bought Gilbert out and he left to start Taylorcraft Aviation in 1935. Two years later, Piper renamed the company to what is now known as Piper Aircraft. It went on to build more than 20,000 Taylor-designed Piper Cubs, the most-produced fabric-covered aircraft of all time.
The Flitfire is a special edition of the Piper J-3 Cub that was used to raise funds to support the British war effort in World War II.The name "Flitfire" is a play on words referring to the RAF's most well-known fighter, the Supermarine Spitfire, which was and is a symbol of British resistance during the Battle of Britain.