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The Piper J-2 Cub

The Cub was simple, slow, safe and affordable - perfect for a beginner pilot.

The Piper J-2 Cub

The Cub was simple, slow, safe, and affordable—perfect for a beginner pilot. Since 1931 thousands of pilots have learned to fly in Cubs. Early J-2s came in several colors, but yellow soon became the Cub standard. The planes became so popular that people started calling all light airplanes “Cubs.”

Credit: National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution

Date: 2011

Photo Number: NASM 2011-00668

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The Piper J-2 Cub

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