The Piper Super Cub, officially designated as the Piper PA-18, would be the most popular Cub successor, with more than 10,000 units built by the airplane manufacturer.

This 1958 Super Cub has 5,300 hours on the airframe and 900 hours since overhaul on its 90 hp Continental engine. Its VFR panel includes a Garmin 250 XL GPS/com and a TT22 transponder with ADS-B Out.

CubCrafters managed to reduce the empty weight by around 300 pounds compared with the Super Cub’s weight. The airplane is powered by a 180 hp Titan 340CC engine ­­— an LSA certified, ...

The PA-18 Super Cub series airplane was the last Piper production airplane type to carry the Cub nameplate. The first upgraded version of the J-3 was the PA-11 Cub Special which was distinguishable by ...

A new system could take the Cub and other aircraft further. Yakima, Washington-based CubCrafters is known for taking the classic Piper Super Cub design to extremes. Newsletters Games Share a News Tip ...

The Piper Super Cub was first certified in 1949, powered at the time by a Continental C90-12F. Over time, the power was increased and the final production run at Piper saw the installation of the ...

In Alaska, even the most innocent-looking landing site has the potential for disaster, as one father and son -- and their experimental Super Cub aircraft -- learned this summer.

Vintage high-wing airplanes like the iconic Piper Super Cub (debuted in 1949), Cessna 180 (1952), ... take the popular Carbon Cub STOL airplane. A small two-seater weighing 1,023 pounds (464kg) ...

A typical pilot in a small single-engine airplane might use 1,000 or 1,500 feet to land on a paved runway, ... His secret weapon is a custom Super Cub built from the ground up to be competitive in ...