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1238:Twin Stinson
1148:Pawnee Brave
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93:Manufactured
80:Number built
69:Manufacturer
1671:Backcountry
1618:Taylorcraft
1591:PA-20 Pacer
1278:Western Cub
1248:Turbo Arrow
1073:Grasshopper
1063:Flite Liner
1033:Cub Special
1028:Cub Cruiser
474:21 November
354:Piper PA-12
283:Performance
275:Propellers:
265:Powerplant:
1957:Categories
1769:USAAF/USAF
1679:Mackey SQ2
1163:PiperSport
1138:Pathfinder
958:Challenger
385:References
327:Power/mass
238:Wing area:
155:Lock Haven
1689:Super Cub
1243:Tri-Pacer
1228:Super Cub
1218:Sky Sedan
1213:Sky Cycle
1038:Cub Cycle
1023:Cub Coupe
998:Chieftain
953:Caribbean
578:High wing
562:Numerical
342:Piper J-3
226:Wingspan:
214:Capacity:
194:Data from
96:1947–1949
39:Yorkshire
1938:SAFAT 01
1717:CC18-180
1712:CC11-160
1707:CC11-100
1643:Model 19
1538:Flitfire
1468:Aircraft
1292:Military
1263:Vagabond
1233:Tomahawk
1208:Skycoupe
1193:Seminole
1188:Saratoga
1158:PiperJet
1108:Meridian
1068:Flitfire
1053:Enforcer
1013:Comanche
993:Cheyenne
968:Cherokee
913:Aerostar
790:Mid wing
679:Low wing
554:aircraft
439:16 April
336:See also
126:American
1931:(Sudan)
1744:Top Cub
1531:J-3 Cub
1283:Warrior
1203:Sequoya
1133:Papoose
1003:Clipper
963:Charger
928:Arapaho
918:Altaire
560:Company
249:USA 35B
245:Airfoil
232:Height:
220:Length:
88:History
41:in 1950
1476:Taylor
1462:family
1328:UC-83B
1323:UC-83A
1198:Seneca
1168:Pocono
1143:Pawnee
1123:Navajo
1118:Mojave
1113:Mirage
1103:Malibu
1048:Dakota
933:Archer
923:Apache
837:PA-31T
756:PA-32R
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308:Range:
183:Canada
179:Alaska
171:France
124:is an
1929:SAFAT
1653:Dudek
1516:Piper
1457:Piper
1318:UC-83
1306:USAAF
1302:USAAC
1128:Pacer
1078:Lance
948:Cadet
943:Aztec
938:Arrow
906:Names
893:PA-47
877:PA-60
872:PA-44
867:PA-42
862:PA-41
857:PA-40
852:PA-39
847:PA-35
842:PA-34
832:PA-31
827:PA-30
822:PA-27
817:PA-23
797:PA-21
781:PA-48
776:PA-46
771:PA-38
766:PA-36
761:PA-33
751:PA-32
746:PA-29
741:PA-28
736:PA-26
731:PA-25
726:PA-24
721:PA-10
701:PWA-8
696:PWA-6
691:PWA-1
670:PA-22
665:PA-20
660:PA-19
655:PA-18
650:PA-17
645:PA-16
640:PA-15
635:PA-14
630:PA-12
625:PA-11
552:Piper
468:(FAA)
461:(PDF)
208:Crew:
1858:TG-8
1853:TG-6
1846:O-59
1841:O-57
1834:L-21
1822:L-18
1817:L-14
1793:C-93
1776:C-83
1749:XCub
1722:CC19
1368:U-11
1358:TG-8
1353:O-59
1348:L-21
1343:L-18
1338:L-14
1310:USAF
1098:M700
1093:M600
1088:M500
1083:M350
1008:Colt
886:Jets
716:PA-8
711:PA-7
706:PA-6
686:PT-1
507:ISBN
493:ISBN
476:2018
441:2019
267:1 ×
120:The
52:Type
1908:LNT
1903:LMT
1891:LNP
1874:USN
1865:U-7
1810:F/G
1805:L-4
1800:L-2
1661:V-1
1524:J-2
1506:J-2
1499:H-2
1494:G-2
1489:F-2
1484:E-2
1460:Cub
1406:LBP
1401:LNP
1378:USN
1363:U-7
1333:L-4
1018:Cub
620:P-4
615:P-2
610:P-1
605:J-5
600:J-4
595:J-3
590:J-2
585:F-2
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