When Piper introduced the PA-18 Super Cub in November 1949, its price was $3,595. The 1955 150 hp Super Cub sold for $6,000. Today, a new Cub Crafters CC-18 Top Cub sells for over $283,500.

The Piper Cub, an aviation icon, turns 75. Many pilots know the joy, and challenge, of making a perfect three-point landing in the Piper Cub, widely considered one of the greatest trainers ever made.

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.

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 ...

Eugene “Buzzy” Peltola Jr., 57, was piloting a Piper PA 18-150 Super Cub when it went down in the mountains northeast of St.

Today’s Top Pick is a 1958 Piper PA-18 Super Cub. We have featured a variety of Cubs in Aircraft For Sale, from early J-3s to PA-12s, a PA-14, and several PA-18s.

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

He's building better bush plane It's faster than Piper Super Cub, he says, but has lower stall speed By MARY PEMBERTON, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Dec 26, 2004 ...

The Super Cub, with its large wing, its high power-to-weight ratio, and its tough, simple design, is ideal for backcountry flying, a fact Cub drivers have known since the airplane's 1949 rollout.