Piper J-3C Cub

The Taylor Cub, made by the Taylor Aircraft Company in 1936, became known as the Cub when William T. Piper purchased a partnership in the company. The basic design of the Cub endured for 40 years, and more pilots learned to fly in the Cub than any other airplane. From an aeronautical engineering standpoint, a simpler flying machine has never been built. More than 7000 Cubs, both J-2’s and J-3’s with larger engines, were built from 1936 to 1942, with thousands going to the Army Air Force for war duty.

This purple Cub was flown by the Flying Farmer, Robert Weymouth. In his aerobatic act, imitating a terrified non-flyer, he would fly it facing forward, backward, and even while sitting on a strut outside the plane. He would stand the Cub on its wing tips, zoom into near vertical climbs, and turn so violently that he seemed to be flying sideways.