Further modifications done to the J-3 Cub by Piper were to include a steerable tail wheel, rounding out the wings outboard of each aileron, departing from the more conventional square wing, ...

The Piper PA-18 Super Cub soon followed, which Piper built from 1949 until 1983 and again from 1988 to 1994. Cub Renaissance Piper’s Lock Haven plant closed in 1984.

The Piper J-3 Cub is a steel and fabric tail-dragger that first flew in 1938. Because of its cheap and reliable construction, it was popular as a training plane for student pilots.

The PA-18 Super Cub was a strengthened PA-11, itself a modification of the original J-3 Cub. With only a few minor changes and a 150-horsepower engine, the PA-18 still looked like a Cub, although it ...

For many, the words small private airplane immediately conjure images of a Piper Cub, the iconic two-seat, bright yellow, wood-and-fabric propeller plane from the 1930s. Today, Piper Aircraft of ...

The normally quiet skies above Lock Haven soon will hum when hundreds of light planes begin their final approaches to William T. Piper Memorial Airport. The grassy area next to the runway will be y… ...

The PA-18 Super Cub was a strengthened PA-11, itself a modification of the original J-3 Cub. With only a few minor changes and a 150-horsepower engine, the PA-18 still looked like a Cub, although it ...