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Cub

The golden hour

By General Aviation News Staff · September 20, 2017 ·

Megan Vande Voort, whose husband, Shane, owns Classic Aviation at Pella Municipal Airport (KPEA) in Iowa, sent us these photos of a Cub at sunset.

Isn’t it a beauty?

By General Aviation News Staff · August 7, 2017 ·

Rafael Cortes sent us this photo, with a quick note: “Just a Cub resting after a great flight over Humacao, Puerto Rico. Isn’t it a beauty?!”

The caretaker’s task

By Jamie Beckett · June 19, 2017 ·

Of all the mass produced airplanes ever to come off an assembly line, anywhere in the world, there may be no more iconic a flying machine than the humble Piper J3 Cub. First built in 1937, production of the Cub lasted a mere 10 years. By the time the Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, production line closed down […]

Picture of the day: Ready for takeoff

By General Aviation News Staff · July 21, 2016 ·

Ace photographer Megan Vande Voort was gracious enough to send us a bunch of photos she took this summer. We’ll post them all eventually, but this one stood out…

Picture of the day: Spring-time Cub

By General Aviation News Staff · August 25, 2015 ·

Humberto Vivanco sent in this photo of a Cub in a field, explaining: “Taken spring 2015 in Uvalde, Texas. Taken with HTC one, with mobile edit.”

For Sale: 1945 J-3, 518 TT

By Ben Sclair · April 15, 2014 ·

“1945 J-3 Cub, 518 hours. 501-337-9939. [email protected]. $42,000.” That’s the ad as it appears in our classified section. 518 hours? Really. I called Tom Sabus, who placed the ad via mail, for a little more information. “I was visiting the Aerospace Education Center in Little Rock, Ark., when I found out the place was closing […]

Testing completed for Super Legend

By General Aviation News Staff · July 30, 2013 ·

American Legend Aircraft Co. has completed structural testing of the Super Legend, a Lycoming-powered version of the Legend Cub. The airframe was successfully tested to load limits and will meet S-LSA certification, company officials report. In development since 2011, the Super Legend airframe was designed to match to the higher performing Lycoming IO-233 engine, company […]

Briefly, a showroom of Cubs

By Drew Steketee · January 20, 2013 ·

Imagine yourself in a dealership filled with new Cubs! That was the scene at Florida’s Spruce Creek Fly-In community recently. For a moment, the FBO morphed into a gleaming showroom of Cubs, both Legend and legendary. Stick-and-Rudder City! Paraphrasing that ‘70s pop song, there were big ones and tall ones and fat ones and small […]

Cub Day at Sebring LSA Expo

By Janice Wood · January 13, 2013 ·

Thursday, Jan. 17, has been designated “Year of the Cub Day” at the Sebring U.S. Sport Aviation Expo. All Cubs have been invited to participate, as honored guests. Pilots flying in that day will receive: Arrival packet for Pilot with Keepsake Gift Special Aircraft Parking on the Terminal Side—“Cub Parking Lot” VIP for the Day—Invitation […]

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