This is one crazy archive video showing the crop dusters of Columbia back in the ’50s. Spraying cotton was quite a business back then, but what really stands out is the incredible maneuvers these pilots performed with their little Piper Cubs to spread the load evenly. No wonder they were called daredevil aerial crop dusters… […]
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Wayne Mackey incredible short landings
Wayne Mackey won the 2008 Short Takeoff and Landing competition in the experimental category at the “May Day” Fly-In & Air Show in Valdez, Alaska. His plane is a replica of the well known Piper J-3 Cub and he won the experimental category with an incredible takeoff distance of 49 feet, and an equally impressive […]
Turbine cubs
Turbine Cubs of Wyoming are the guys building this replica of the famous Piper Cub. These are very nice little planes for bush flying and stuff like that. Anyway, check out this amazing video of these airplanes in actions… pretty cool scenery!
Incredibly short take off
You probably know this aircraft. It’s the Piper Cub that did an amazing short landing. The landing was short, but check out this crazy take off.
Incredibly short landing
This is probably one of the shortest landings I have ever seen. That Piper Cub stopped in just a few meters. That is the effect of a strong head wind.