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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.
Four-seat personal/trainer aircraft to replace the Cherokee PA-60 Aerostar: 1967 1,010 Six-seat pressurized twin, Piper purchased the design from Ted R. Smith: PiperSport: 2010 85 Two-seat light-sport aircraft marketed by Piper between January 2010 and January 2011. It was produced by Czech Sport Aircraft and previously known as the ...
The Piper J-4 Cub Coupe is a two place side-by-side version of the Piper J-3 that was built between 1938 and 1942 by Piper Aircraft. It was Piper's first model with side-by-side seating. It was Piper's first model with side-by-side seating.
PA-11 Cub Special at Chelles airfield near Paris in June 1967 PA-11 Two-seat light aircraft, powered by either a 65 hp (48 kW) Continental A65-8 or a 95 hp (71 kW) Continental C90-8 piston engine. PA-11S Seaplane variant with twin EDO 1400 floats. L-18B
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The aircraft does differ from the original Piper design in several ways including having its fuselage fabricated from 4130 steel instead of the Cub's original 1025 carbon steel and utilizing a conventional elevator-mounted trim tab in place of the Cub's jack screw trimming system that adjusts the Cub's elevator angle of incidence. [2] [6]
The museum purchased the former Piper Aircraft engineering building in late 1996. [ 4 ] One of the two first light aircraft to circumnavigate the globe, a PA-12 named The City of Angels , was donated in mid-2006 by the museum's historian, Harry P. Mutter.
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.