Piper Cub, l'avion passion
Born from the fertile imagination of a self-taught engineer, in the heart of the great American economic crisis of 1929, the Piper Cub will have been able to impose itself in a world that thought of anything other than light recreational aviation.
This book traces the history of the men who designed, built and piloted it and in particular Clarence Gilbert Taylor and William Thomas Piper. From its conception to its descendants, through the dark hours of the Second World War, it is a complete look at this aircraft and its derivatives.
Illustrated with numerous photographs and three-view plans, this book also meets the expectations of model makers.
Aerospace industry technician, aeronautical journalist and Piper Cub pilot, André Bréand offers with this complete and detailed study the first historical work in French on the Cub, its ancestors and its derivatives.
Table of contents:
Introduction
1) Taylor Aircraft or the origin of the Cub
2) The birth of the Cub
3) Lock Haven or the hour of industrial success - The Bradford fire - From the J2 to the J3 - The Cub derivatives
4) The Cub puts on the uniform - From the Cub to the Grasshopper - Baptism of fire for the Cub - Under the French cockades - The second life of the L-4
5) The family grows) the children of the Cub - J4 Cub Coupe and J5 Cub Cruiser - PA-11, the Cub of Peace - Super Cruiser, the cousin - The crisis, the return! - The Vagabond family
6) Super Cub, the real PA-18 - Extra power - The Super Cub bows out - The Grasshopper replacement - In service with the ALAT - Collectible Super Cubs
7) An example of technical optimization - Brilliant technical options - Buying or renovating a Cub ) what you need to know!
8) Cub replicas - Wag-Aero - American Legend Cub - CubCrafters - Mid Eastern Aviation - Replicub
Appendices
Product details
Author: | André Bréand |
Details: | 158 pages, 24 x 17 x 1 cm / 9 x 6.7 x 0.39 in, paperback |
Illustrations: | numerous b&w and colour photos |
Publisher: | Cépaduès Editions (F, 2016) |
ISBN: | 9782364935518 |