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Bookmark or Share- Piper PA-18 Super Cub - WikipediaThe 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. Super Cubs are commonly found in roles such as bush flying, banner towing and glider towing.
- Piper PA-18 Super Cub - Aero CornerThe Piper PA-18 Super Cub is a two-seater, single-engine aircraft. The aircraft was created from the Piper PA-11. In close to forty years of production, more than nine thousand were created. Super Cubs are typically seen in roles such as glider towing, banner towing, and bush flying.
- Piper PA-18 Super Cub | National Air and Space MuseumThe 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 came in several paint schemes and lacked the familiar bear logo on its tail. About 8,500 Super Cubs were built at Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, and ...
- Piper PA-18 Super Cub – Disciples of FlightPiper PA-18 Super Cub: The Shortfield Takeoff and Landing Champion. By R.K. Dick Williams with Crista Worthy. Crista. Mention the words “bush plane” and the image that pops into most pilot’s minds is the venerable Piper PA-18 Super Cub.This go-anywhere workhorse seems to have the perfect combination of power, handling, and ruggedness, hence its ubiquity in Alaska, the Yukon, Idaho and ...
- Piper Super Cub - AOPATime was running short, so the moment had come to fly. With both 18-gallon tanks full of 80 octane and two 170-pound men aboard, the Super Cub was about 150 pounds shy of its 1,750 pound certificated gross weight. Proper rotation speed is apparently a matter of pilot preference and experience, for no mention is made of it in the owner’s manual.
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