A Super Cub Biplane And The Top Ten Planes Of All Time
Our list of the top planes of all time leaves out the iconic J-3, but includes the PA-18’which, let’s set the record straight, never needed another wing.
If you're enough of an airplane nut, you know that just about every conceivable configuration of plane has been tried, or at least thought about. Some of them become great. Most of them become forgettable, or in this case nearly totally forgotten.
Did you know that the Aeromod Loadstar Model 100 was a biplane conversion of the Piper PA-18 Super Cub? It's proof positive that people will take a thing that's this close to perfect and try to make it!better? Our list of the Top Ten Planes Of All Time finds a bunch of models that no one could ever successfully imitate, never mind improve upon.
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