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{{Short description|Family of light aircraft}} {{Redirect|Piper Cub|the earlier Taylor design|Taylor Cub}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Use American English|date=January 2022}} <!-- This article is a part of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft]]. Please see [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft/page content]] for recommended layout. --> {{Infobox aircraft |name = J-3 Cub |image =File:Piper Cub Góraszka (cropped).jpg |caption =A former-military L-4H Grasshopper in 1990 |type = Trainer/[[light aircraft]] |national_origin = United States |manufacturer = [[Piper Aircraft]] |designer = [[Clarence Gilbert Taylor|C. G. Taylor]] <br/> [[Walter Jamouneau]] |first_flight = 1938 |introduction = |status = |more_users = |produced = 1938–1947 |number_built = 19,888 (US built)<ref name="Peperell" /><br>150 (Canadian-built)<ref name="Peperell" /><br>253 TG-8 gliders<ref name="Peperell" /> |developed_from = [[Taylor Cub]]<br>[[Taylor J-2]] |variants = [[Piper PA-11|PA-11 Cub Special]] <br/> [[Piper PA-15 Vagabond|PA-15 Vagabond]] <br/> [[Piper PA-16 Clipper|PA-16 Clipper]] <br/> [[Piper PA-18 Super Cub|PA-18 Super Cub]] }} The '''Piper J-3 Cub''' is an American [[light aircraft]] that was built between 1938 and 1947 by [[Piper Aircraft]]. The aircraft has a simple, lightweight design which gives it good low-speed handling properties and short-field performance. The Cub is Piper Aircraft's second [[Piper Aircraft#List of Piper aircraft|most-produced model]] after the [[Piper PA-28 Cherokee|PA-28 Cherokee series]] (>32,000 produced) with over 20,000 built in the United States. Its simplicity, affordability and popularity invokes comparisons to the [[Ford Model T]] [[automobile]]. The aircraft is a [[high-wing]], [[strut-braced]] [[monoplane]] with a large-area rectangular wing. It is most often powered by an air-cooled, [[Flat-four engine|flat-4]] [[piston engine]] driving a fixed-pitch propeller. Its [[fuselage]] is a welded steel frame covered in [[aircraft fabric covering|fabric]], seating two people in [[tandem]]. The Cub was designed as a trainer. It had great popularity in this role and as a [[general aviation]] aircraft. Due to its performance, it was well suited for a variety of military uses such as reconnaissance, liaison and ground control. It was produced in large numbers during [[World War II]] as the '''L-4 Grasshopper'''. Many Cubs are still flying today. Cubs are highly prized as [[bush aircraft]]. The aircraft's standard [[chrome yellow]] paint came to be known as "Cub Yellow" or "Lock Haven Yellow".<ref name="MagnusLord">{{cite web |url=http://www.pipercubforum.com/yellow.htm |title=The story of Cub Yellow |access-date=2008-09-15 |last=Lord |first=Magnus |date=April 2008}}</ref>
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