PIPER J-3 CUB MODEL

Piper J-3 Cub is a small and light aircraft built and manufactured by Piper Aircraft and designed by C. G. Taylor.

After Piper moved his company from Bradford to Lock Haven, the J-3 replaced the J-2. The Piper J-3 Cub quickly became popular when First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt took a flight in aJ-3 Cub, posing for a series of publicity photos, promoting the CPTP. The Piper J-3 Cubs maiden flight was 1938. Piper J-3 Cub was a favorite among pilots and non-pilots and there are still thousands currently in use.

In the late 1940s J-3s were replaced by the PA-11 and then the Piper PA-18 Super Cub, introduced untl 1981. Theres a total of 19,703 Piper J-3 cub built.