A Super Cub Biplane And The Top Ten Planes Of All Time

Our list of the top planes of all time leaves out the iconic J-3, but includes the PA-18’€”which, let’s set the record straight, never needed another wing.

Piper PA-18 Super Cub
Gemini Sparkle

Key Takeaways:

  • Aviation history is characterized by numerous aircraft configurations, with many experimental designs largely forgotten over time.
  • Even successful and "nearly perfect" aircraft, such as the Piper PA-18 Super Cub, have been subjected to unusual modification attempts, like its biplane conversion into the Aeromod Loadstar Model 100.
  • The article references an external "Top Ten Planes Of All Time" list, implying a contrast with the forgettable experimental designs by featuring models considered unimprovable.
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If you’re enough of an airplane nut, you know that just about every conceivable configuration of plane has been tried, or at least thought about. Some of them become great. Most of them become forgettable, or in this case nearly totally forgotten.

Did you know that the Aeromod Loadstar Model 100 was a biplane conversion of the Piper PA-18 Super Cub? It’s proof positive that people will take a thing that’s this close to perfect and try to make it!better? Our list of the Top Ten Planes Of All Time finds a bunch of models that no one could ever successfully imitate, never mind improve upon.

Top Ten Planes Of All Time

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