Editing Piper J-3 Cub (section)

===Flitfire===
{{Main|Piper Flitfire}}
[[File:Piper J-3 Flitfire.JPG|thumb|Flitfire, used in RAF Benevolent Fund and war bond efforts]]	
Prior to the United States entering World War II, J-3s were part of a fund-raising program to support the United Kingdom. Billed as a ''Flitfire'', a Piper Cub J3 bearing Royal Air Force insignia was donated by W. T. Piper and Franklin Motors to the [[RAF Benevolent Fund]] to be raffled off. Piper distributors nationwide were encouraged to do the same.  On April 29, 1941, all 48 Flitfire aircraft, one for each of the 48 states that made up the country at that time, flew into [[La Guardia Field]] for a dedication and fundraising event which included Royal Navy officers from the battleship [[HMS Malaya|HMS ''Malaya'']], in New York for repairs, as honored guests.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Shindig at N.Y. Airport Opens Fund Drive for R.A.F|magazine=Life|date=12 May 1941|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sUwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA36|page=36}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= Alamo Liaison Squadron|url= http://www.als-cannonfield.com/Flitfire.htm|access-date= September 4, 2010|archive-date= November 10, 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161110000246/http://als-cannonfield.com/Flitfire.htm|url-status= dead}}</ref> At least three of the original Flitfires have been restored to their original silver-doped finish.<ref>{{cite web|title=Museum Guide|publisher=North Carolina Aviation Museum}}</ref>