While the “birth” of the J-3 model specifically can be traced to 1937, the Cub itself — in the form of the Taylor Cub, created not by anyone named Piper but ... steel, wood and doped fabric ...

The photo of a black bear crossing the runway as a yellow Piper J-3 Cub came in for a landing is a first for the Fly-In, held annually to celebrate the plane that has invoked comparison with the ...