Piper Super Cub With the FAA designator PA-18, the Super Cub replaced the Cub Special in late 1949. The original model had no flaps, but they were added in 1950.

When Piper introduced the PA-18 Super Cub in November 1949, its price was $3,595. The 1955 150 hp Super Cub sold for $6,000. Today, a new Cub Crafters CC-18 Top Cub sells for over $283,500.

The Piper Super Cub was first certified in 1949, powered at the time by a Continental C90-12F. Over time, the power was increased and the final production run at Piper saw the installation of the ...

The PA-18 Super Cub series airplane was the last Piper production airplane type to carry the Cub nameplate. The first upgraded version of the J-3 was the PA-11 Cub Special which was distinguishable by ...

Millar, who purchased Piper in 1987, revved up the entire line of Piper aircraft, including the popular Super Cub, the yellow high-performance plane that has become synonymous with personal aviation.

A new system could take the Cub and other aircraft further. Yakima, Washington-based CubCrafters is known for taking the classic Piper Super Cub design to extremes. Newsletters Games Share a News Tip ...

YAKIMA, Wash. -- In 1994, the future looked bleak for the Piper Super Cub, a fabric-skinned two-seat puddle jumper with a cult-like following among pilots. Amid a wave of liability lawsuits that ...

Video: Super Cub Pilot Needs Mere Feet to Take Off Large, soft tires allow pilots to land on very rough surfaces. Often landings are done on surfaces with softball to basketball sized rocks.

These were the Piper PA-11 Cub Special and the Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser. Walter Jamoneau, who was head of the engineering department at Piper for many years, modified the J-5 into the PA-12. Test ...