All about the immortal J-3 Piper Cub and L-4 Grasshopper, built by William Piper at Lock Haven, which evolved into the PA-11 Cub Special, PA-18 Super Cub, and the Legend Cub and other lookalikes of today
THE PIPER CUB FORUM
The story of Bazooka Charlie, aka The Mad Major
As a high school history teacher in Kentucky, Charles Carpenter joined the US Army in 1942, became a light-plane pilot, and served as an artillery spotter in France in 1944, flying an L-4 Piper Cub. As other pilots had done, he equipped his Cub with six bazookas, each firing a 2.36-inch armor-piercing rocket. (Well, if the armor were thin enough, which was often the case on the topside of a German tank.) Major Carpenter was officially credited with six tanks destroyed. Medically discharged as a lieutenant colonel in 1946, he returned to teaching history, this time at Urbana High School in Illinois. I hope his students knew of his own contribution to American history! (A tip of the virtual hat to John Eastman for the YouTube link.) Blue skies! — Daniel FordClassic Cubs, from Taylor and Piper:
What's a Cub? (from the E-2 to the
PA-18 Top Cub)
Production figures (from Taylor to Zlin Aviation)
Assembling Cubs at San Benito on the Gulf of Mexico
Restoring Marion Carl's J-2
Piper Cubs of the Luftwaffe
Four One Victor, all new, all over again :)
Piper Cubs in Dutch service
Meet Leah Jones, one of the original Piper crew
Liberty Girl: around the world in an L-4 Grasshopper
A Sentimental Journey to Lock Haven
San Diego to Lock Haven, 2003 (Len Buckel)
Production figures (from Taylor to Zlin Aviation)
Assembling Cubs at San Benito on the Gulf of Mexico
Restoring Marion Carl's J-2
Piper Cubs of the Luftwaffe
Four One Victor, all new, all over again :)
Piper Cubs in Dutch service
Meet Leah Jones, one of the original Piper crew
Liberty Girl: around the world in an L-4 Grasshopper
A Sentimental Journey to Lock Haven
San Diego to Lock Haven, 2003 (Len Buckel)
The Cub wannabes of a later time:
The Legend Cub: a J-3 for the 21st
century
A weight & balance table for the Legend Cub
Cub Crafters introduces its Sport Cub at Oshkosh
The Tiger Cub Ultralight
The Savage, a lookalike with a Rotax engine
The Wall Street Journal salutes the Top Cub (Lynn Lunsford)
The Husky: a Super Cub for the 21st century
A weight & balance table for the Legend Cub
Cub Crafters introduces its Sport Cub at Oshkosh
The Tiger Cub Ultralight
The Savage, a lookalike with a Rotax engine
The Wall Street Journal salutes the Top Cub (Lynn Lunsford)
The Husky: a Super Cub for the 21st century
Some highly practical stuff:
Mounting an ELT in a J-3
The webmaster's guide to Cub-friendly airports
The story of Cub Yellow
Inspection Reports for Classic Cubs and the Super Cub
Choosing the engine for a J-3 (John Renwick)
Getting your aircraft's records from the FAA
How to find Airworthiness Directives for a Cub
Why a wooden prop?
A wind generator for a Piper Cub
Removing the gas tank on a Piper J-3 (Len Buckel)
Fixing the brakes on a J-3 Cub (Len Buckel)
That Marvel-ous Mystery Oil (Robert Parker)
Some specs for a Cub with a Continental 65 engine
Piper Cub instrument panel (Stu Bright)
Using a handheld radio in a Cub (Lynn Towns)
Hand propping a Cub (Lynn Towns)
Recovering a Piper Cub (John Scott)
Doing a weight & balance calculation for a J-3
Pre-flighting a J-3
Low-tech mounts for your GPS unit
Clearing up the paperwork on a J-3 Cub
The webmaster's guide to Cub-friendly airports
The story of Cub Yellow
Inspection Reports for Classic Cubs and the Super Cub
Choosing the engine for a J-3 (John Renwick)
Getting your aircraft's records from the FAA
How to find Airworthiness Directives for a Cub
Why a wooden prop?
A wind generator for a Piper Cub
Removing the gas tank on a Piper J-3 (Len Buckel)
Fixing the brakes on a J-3 Cub (Len Buckel)
That Marvel-ous Mystery Oil (Robert Parker)
Some specs for a Cub with a Continental 65 engine
Piper Cub instrument panel (Stu Bright)
Using a handheld radio in a Cub (Lynn Towns)
Hand propping a Cub (Lynn Towns)
Recovering a Piper Cub (John Scott)
Doing a weight & balance calculation for a J-3
Pre-flighting a J-3
Low-tech mounts for your GPS unit
Clearing up the paperwork on a J-3 Cub
Books and suchlike:
A Piper Cub bibliography
Subscribe to Cub Clues newsletter
Taildragger Tales (Daniel Ford)
F.E. Potts's Guide to Bush Flying (F.E. Potts)
The Compleat Taildragger Pilot (Harvey Plourde)
Low and Slow: a Liaison Pilot in WWII (Don Moore)
Janey: A Little Plane in a Big War (Alfred Schultz)
L-Birds and the Brodie Device (Terry Love)
Acceptable methods, techniques & practices (FAA pub 43.13)
Subscribe to Cub Clues newsletter
Taildragger Tales (Daniel Ford)
F.E. Potts's Guide to Bush Flying (F.E. Potts)
The Compleat Taildragger Pilot (Harvey Plourde)
Low and Slow: a Liaison Pilot in WWII (Don Moore)
Janey: A Little Plane in a Big War (Alfred Schultz)
L-Birds and the Brodie Device (Terry Love)
Acceptable methods, techniques & practices (FAA pub 43.13)
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Posted March 2019. Websites ©1997-2019 Daniel Ford; all rights reserved.