August 2013
A tidy Cub Cruiser on static display at the Watsonville Fly-In. First flown in 1939, the Piper J-5 ‘Cub Cruiser’ was a larger, more powerful version of the basic Piper J-3 Cub. The Cruiser sold for $1,798 when it was first designed. Over 1,500 were produced until production ended in 1946, over 300 are currently registered in the U.S. Nikon D300 w/18-200mm.