Search Results for: Super Cub

Hartzell debuts its new Kestrel prop.

Based on Piper’s legendary J-3 Cub and sporting World War II-era U.S. Army L-4 Grasshopper colors, this unique airplane was factory-built in 2007.

My title avoided the word “ultralight” even if these two aircraft qualify. The American entry can readily fit FAA’s Part 103 as an Ultralight Vehicle, freeing the pilot from having to register the aircraft, or have a pilot certificate, or possess any sort of “medical” to fly it. The French entry cannot qualify as a […]

It’s not every day you encounter a freshly restored vintage aircraft with a newly overhauled engine for under $100,000, but today’s bargain – a 1947 Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser – provides just that ​​for $89,000 on AircraftForSale. First flown in 1946, some 3,700 Super Cruisers were manufactured between 1946 and 1948. It resembles a slightly […]

Here we go again… in a great way, I hope. Returning to our Top 50 Video series, we come to Just Aircraft and their jaw-dropping SuperSTOL. At airshows in recent years, lots of pilots spoke with excitement about STOL competitions. Just’s SuperSTOL was often part of the conversation. Videos highlighted in our Top 50 series […]

J-3s are Cub yellow. But does that color really exist?

Backwoods taildraggers are all the rage these days as more and more pilots are putting big tires on their taildraggers and heading out to mountain strips and gravel bars far and wide. Consequently, planes that used to go for cheap aren’t anymore. Super Cubs are six-figure airplanes, Maules sell within a week of listing, and […]

Here’s the vision, and it’s a bold one.

The aviation pioneer founded a company that helped change the face of backcountry flying.

The World War II P-51 ace is one of the most extraordinary pilots, period.