1938 Piper J3C-50 Sport Cub. Trip Home #2

Here we are on the final part home from CA to WA state. We are flying a 1938 Piper J3C-50 Sport Cub. This cub was restored by the "Cub Dr." Clyde Smith Jr. It has a Continental A50 50hp up exhaust engine on it, the same one that it left the factory with! The Sport Cubs were available with several options in 38, wheel pants, bungee fairings, brown interior ect. There are also quite a few differences between this early Pre-war cub and later Post-war cubs, like the three piece windshield, J2 cub wings with barn door ailerons, three hinge tail surfaces, push/pull mag switches, ect.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• piper
• j3
• j3c
• j3c-50
• cub
• super
• antique
• vintage
• 1938
• 38
• clyde
• smith
• jr
• continental
• a50
• 50hp
• engine

[colindhowell]

@altmikey In another video of the same flight you can see he had it up to 3500 feet at one point.

[AwesomeCoasters]

LOOKS SO FUN=D

[YogiCub181]

Nice, you have a much better camera then mine!

[Warbirdsanonymous]

Great bird. Take care of her... not to many left.

[altmikey]

Wow 1800 feet! You must have been climbing for a while! I got to 2000' in ours once. Quite an achievement. Got overtaken by a truck in the process...

[nic777morrey]

where were ya flying too? I might be flying a super cub soon