Flew my first J-3 today.

[Miguel Antonett]

Prrrrrreeeettycool!

[BigInJapan]

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That right there is a PA-18. It's a J-3s bigger brother.

[crustychief]

Originally Posted by cashflyer

There's no J-3 in that photo!
You mean he owns a J-3 in addition to those two nice airplanes pictured? Sweet.

no, he has 2 J-3s one more PA-18 a Cessna 206 and some other planes.

[p911dad]

Great airplane. I toured the original Piper factory in Lock Haven PA back in the late 70's. We were on the Lock Haven airport dropping off some avionics for repair at a shop on the field and to kill some time we wandered over into the factory. (we didn't reveal we arrived in a Cessna 210!) The things I remember best on the Cub line was the ladies ironing the fabric wings and the windshield machine, which basically was a heated form that the plexiglass was draped over. Our guide told us that after the Hurricane Agnes flood of 1972 the factory crushed all the airplanes that had been submerged and buried them on the grounds. They flew out the ones that could fly but the rest were lost. That literally almost sank the company. I think that little aluminum hill is still there.

[cashflyer]

Here is a video I shot in 2003 of a J-3 Cub performing banner work.
Video was shot on tape, transferred to digital, compressed for YouTube back when YouTube had tighter video size limits.... and as a result, the quality is pretty bad.

The Cub is in Restricted category, powered by a Lycoming O-235.

[crownarch]

Another great little plane was the Lubscome 8 series. Back in the day when I could still pass a flight physical I spent many hours building time in a 8E and it was a joy to fly. I personally liked the 8E over the 8A because of the stressed aluminum wings on the 8E. However, I have always loved the J-3 because of the looks and the nostalgia of the plane as I grew up in the era when they were manufactured. If I recall correctly, my uncle purchased his for roughly $900 bucks which included lessons up to his first solo. Back in the late forties and fifties a lot of pilots would buy one and then fly around to different farming communities and teach farmers to fly and also into buying their plane for a small profit.

[crustychief]

Cool stories about cubs!
My friend flew his to lock haven last year for the sentimental journey.
Sentimental Journey Fly-In :: Home

[cashflyer]