Remembering Oshkosh | Piper J-3 Cub This Piper J-3 Cub on floats image was captured at Oshkosh Air Adventure’s seaplane base. The iconic Piper J-3 Cub is a high-wing, strut-braced monoplane built between 1937 and 1947 by Piper Aircraft. It’s powered by an air-cooled engine and a fixed pitch propeller. Its fuselage is a welded steel frame covered in fabric with seating for two in tandem. It has a simple, lightweight design giving it good low speed handling properties and short field performance. The Cub’s standard chrome yellow paint known as “Cub Yellow” identifies it as one of the best known aircraft of all time. It’s simplicity, affordability, popularity, and performance make it a prized bush plane whether on wheels or floats. For the whole story with all images, see Remembering Oshkosh | a 7 Image Story.
