Category Airplanes

The Piper J-5 Cub Cruiser was a larger, more powerful version of the basic Piper J-3 Cub. It was designed just two years after the J-3 Cub, and differed by having a wider fuselage with the pilot sitting in the…

The J-2 Cub (later known as the Piper J-2 Piper Cub) was made in America as a two-seat lightweight airplane that was produced by the Taylor Aircraft Company. Later, they became known as the Piper Aircraft Company, and the J-2…

The Taylor Cub was designed by C. Gilbert Taylor as a simple, small, and light aircraft. It evolved from the Arrowing Chummy and was the forefather of the popular Piper J-3 Cub. C.G. Taylor and the Taylor Aircraft Company began…

The 1930 Fleet Model 1 is a classic two-seat sport biplane with an open cockpit.  Aviation Pioneer Reuben H. Fleet developed the plane in the late 1920s. It was durable and forgiving, making it a good trainer, and it became…

The Curtiss Robin was introduced in 1928 and was a high-wing monoplane with a 90 hp V8 OX-5 8-cylinder engine. Later, it was fitted with the more powerful Challenger engine that developed between 170 and 185 hp and was designated…

Edward Bayard Heath, for whom the 1920s-era Heath Company was named, was born in New York State in 1888. His family owned a machine shop where he acquired his engineering education by the trial-and-error method, and this is where he…

The Waco Model 10 was first introduced in 1927 as a single-engined, three-seat single-bay biplane constructed around steel-tube frames. The wing was covered with fabric, and both upper and lower wings carried ailerons, which were connected by struts. The two…

The Fokker Dr.I (Dreidecker, or “triplane” in German) was a legendary German fighter aircraft from World War I. Famous as the plane flown by the “Red Baron,” Manfred von Richthofen, it was designed to counter the British Sopwith Triplane. Despite…

The Curtiss JN-4 is possibly North America’s most famous World War I aircraft. It was widely used during World War I to train beginning pilots, with an estimated 95% of all trainees having flown a JN-4. The U.S. version was…