I just have a comment for Ed Carney...I own N98781, about 100 off of your N#. I have the same feelings that you expressed!

I am trying to aquire a j4 Cub from an elderly man in Pensilvania.despite the fact he has lost all the books on the plane.
This is an a dream to rebuild then get the rest of my hours to fly my solo and have invested in my own plane rather some one else's.
Any advice would be appriviated.
I'm not well off yet feel capable to rebuild and feel it wise to invest in my future of flying.
Owning a Piper trainer in my opinion would open doors to possibly babe a career.
Tell me what I need to know.
Sincerely, another dreamer of flight.

I am trying to aquire a j4 Cub from an elderly man in Pensilvania.despite the fact he has lost all the books on the plane.
This is an a dream to rebuild then get the rest of my hours to fly my solo and have invested in my own plane rather some one else's.
Any advice would be appriviated.
I'm not well off yet feel capable to rebuild and feel it wise to invest in my future of flying.
Owning a Piper trainer in my opinion would open doors to possibly babe a career.
Tell me what I need to know.
Sincerely, another dreamer of flight.

I own Piper Cub N24739. 1939 J3. Has been down for rebuild to original specs for about two and one half years. Has a Continental 90 as it was used for crop spraying work for some time years ago. Logs show many changes and repairs over the years. Now has new wood spars, completely cleaned and sandblasted, refinished frame with epoxy paints, new fabric, even has the original small window in roof and original tapered headliner. hoping to be flying her again in April 2012. Is finished
as a US Navy Liasion aircraft used by Norfolk Naval hospital in 1942. Yellow with insignias. May be at Oshkosh this year also Lock Haven, PA.

The Taylor craft was made in Bradford PA. The airport was between big mountains. Piper then built some Cubs there, and then moved to Lock Haven, PA.
That airport is now a university.

I spent some time as a ferry pilot during WWII.I delivered a new FG-1 Corsair to the Marines at Fort Lauderdale FL. They had a J-3 Cub ambulance plane that needed to go to Memphis,TN for major overhaul. It had 4 cylinders for it's engine, but only three fired. That was my first mistake. Afer two refueling stops I got into the great state of Georgia. A strong head wind developed, and a southern frieght train passed me. Almost out of gas I landed in cow pasture, just missing a couple of cows. It had thick row of trees for wind break. The dairy farmer came out and gave me a ride to corner gas station and store, two miles away. Borrowed a five gallon can & funnel, paid for 5 gallons of car gas, with a government TR(transportation request) check book. The dairy farmer helped pour in the gas, and start the engine, and I left. Stayed that night at a TVA restricted airport. Flying west north west the next morning I run into a solid bank of fog. The only place to land was on a two lane highway. A sawmill foreman came along and helped me take off when the fog lifted. I made it to Memphis late afternoon. The fuel gauage on this J-3 was impressive--a cork bobber on a kinky wire.

I spent some time as a ferry pilot during WWII.I delivered a new FG-1 Corsair to the Marines at Fort Lauderdale FL. They had a J-3 Cub ambulance plane that needed to go to Memphis,TN for major overhaul. It had 4 cylinders for it's engine, but only three fired. That was my first mistake. Afer two refueling stops I got into the great state of Georgia. A strong head wind developed, and a southern frieght train passed me. Almost out of gas I landed in cow pasture, just missing a couple of cows. It had thick row of trees for wind break. The dairy farmer came out and gave me a ride to corner gas station and store, two miles away. Borrowed a five gallon can & funnel, paid for 5 gallons of car gas, with a government TR(transportation request) check book. The dairy farmer helped pour in the gas, and start the engine, and I left. Stayed that night at a TVA restricted airport. Flying west north west the next morning I run into a solid bank of fog. The only place to land was on a two lane highway. A sawmill foreman came along and helped me take off when the fog lifted. I made it to Memphis late afternoon. The fuel gauage on this J-3 was impressive--a cork bobber on a kinky wire.

I soloed in the J-3 cub at Moody Aviation. Went on to be a missionary pilot for 20 years in Nigeria, West Africa accumulating a little over 10,000 hours. I have an email version of my book "Just One SIMAIR Story" that I send out free to anyone sending me their email address requesting the book.

I bought a Taylor Cub, built 1937 with a 4-cylinder Continental, 2-seater, stearable tail wheel, CF-BBZ from Toronto Island A/P Charter in 1946 with spare engine for parts, spare prop and floats, $1,300. The 39.4 hp engine was under-powered, but was a good plane. Don't see it listed.JNP

I soled in the J-3 Cub in Moody Bible Institute's Aviation Course and went on to be a missionary pilot under the Sudan Interior Mission in Nigeria, West Africa flying 10,1000 hours in my 20 years serving the Lord. I wrote a book about my exciting life and will send you the email version for free if you will send me your email address.

I soloed in a Piper J3 Cub in Moody Bible Institute's Aviation Course and went on to fly as a missionary pilot under the Sudan Interior Mission in Nigeria, West Africa flying 10,100 hours in my 20 years serving the Lord. I wrote a book of my exciting life and will send you the email version for free .. send me your email address to simairich@gmail.com

Solo'ed in a J3 Cub in 1958 in Wichita Falls, TX, after 5 1/2 hours and frankly never experienced a better flight. Great durable airplane considering the number of bounce landings she endured.

In 1954 I owned Piper J-2 N17944. I was a high school student at the time.
I spent many hours flying that airplane. I lost it in a windstorm in1956.

Soloed a J3-C65 in 1948 at 16 years of age. In that era if you wanted aomething you had to earn it. Made $13.40 a week with my bicycle after school hours as a Western Union messenger. Flying lessons were $11.75 hr. Had to pay room and board to my parents. So it took a few months of half hour lessons to solo. If you old timers remember it, the airport was Rockaway airport Queens L.I, .N. Y.
Also, the first solo is the most fun that can be had.

While in the navy in 1953 I decided to take flying lessons. Went up to Ream Field near San Diego. Soloed in a J-3 cub in a little under four hours. Completed my private in the same J-3. 40 years and 20,ooo hours later I retired flying a Citation X. I have always felt that the J-3, Stearman, and Citation I were the real "honest" airplanes that taught
my generation the basics that stayed with us all our lives.

Love the J-3! For 13 years I flew N2218M towing signs and taking pictures. We had a C-85 up front and with Steuban- McCandless letters it did just fine - One 43-letter sign was the longest and it did fine. On windy days around the fair ground I'd stand still or back up for fun. The helium balloons provided some fun when I took aim and hit them. Those strings wrapped around the prop shaft and I could hear them pop. Lande with the sigh attached one day when the tow-hitch got jammed. When the grappling hook dug in I made a carrier landing - no damage, just fun! Our camera attachment for pictures is in the Piper Museum in Lock Haven with some shots I took of Youngstown, Ohio for a new highway system.

1st airplane was a J-3 85 hp N87951 bought in buffalo wy in 1969. flew it for 87 hrs. learned a lot in it. all previous time was in helicopters.

My solo was in NC42657 at Boulder Colorado in 1949. It is said that every airman either flew one or wished he had! Great airplane.

Dear Linda, Should you be interested email me and I will send you a photograph of 43-29934 on one of the occasions I flew it, it was at that time owned by Jack Anziani who had rebuilt it.

I enter the Navy V-5 program in 1942, since tere was no vacancy in hre training program they had me go to a private school and get my private license, I also attended classes in flight theroy, navigation and weather as it pertained to flying.