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Poston managed to bail out and parachute to safety. The Piper J-3 Cub was the first American plane to be shot down in World War II. The Piper Cub quickly became a familiar sight. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt took a flight in a J-3 Cub, posing for a series of publicity photos to help promote the CPTP.
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 ...
Piper J-3 (not in same class (a certified airplane), but the aircraft that the ultralight-class J-3 Kitten imitates in miniature, at 3/4 scale. Kitten is much slower, and about half the power, volume and payload of the Cub, and a fraction of the Cub's weight.) Preceptor N3 Pup (by a former Hipps worker) Belite Ultra Cub; Ultravia Pelican
The CubCrafters CC11-160 Carbon Cub SS is an ASTM certified light-sport aircraft based on the Piper J-3 Cub manufactured by Cub Crafters. It is modernized, with light-weight carbon fiber components and a 180 hp (130 kW) engine. [1] In January 2016 the Carbon Cub was named AVweb's "Airplane of the Year" for 2015. [2]
The PA-11 was based on the earlier J-3, but with the engine cowling fully enclosed (as on the earlier J-5), the windshield sloped at a shallower angle, and the fuel tank placed in the port wing root. [2] Both seats were slightly moved back, and solo flying was usually from the front seat.
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. In close to 40 years of production, over 10,000 were built. [1]
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.
The PA-16 Clipper is a stretched and refined version of the Vagabond intended to seat four people [1] (or "two-and-a-half to three" as often told by Clipper pilots). It is equipped with an extra wing tank, added doors to accommodate the new seating, and a Lycoming O-235, the same engine that would later power the Cessna 152.