Piper PA-18 Super Cub for Sale — The Ultimate Working Cub
The Piper PA-18 Super Cub is the definitive Cub — the aircraft that took the J-3's beloved formula and powered it up, stretched its performance envelope, and refined its capabilities to create what many pilots and operators consider the most useful and satisfying light aircraft ever manufactured. Introduced in 1949 and produced in various forms through 1994 — a 45-year production run — the Super Cub accumulated over 9,000 examples that serve today as bush planes in Alaska, glider tugs at soaring clubs, pipeline patrol aircraft, wildlife survey platforms, military liaison aircraft across dozens of air forces, and personal sport aircraft for pilots who want the ultimate stick-and-rudder flying experience.
What Makes the Super Cub Super
The PA-18's Lycoming O-320 or O-360 engine at 150 or 180 horsepower transforms the J-3's gentle performance into something genuinely impressive: climb rates exceeding 1,000 feet per minute at sea level, short-field takeoff rolls in hundreds of feet from soft surfaces, and the ability to carry meaningful payloads into strips that no other certificated aircraft would attempt. The tandem seating, excellent visibility through the large cabin windows and plexiglass panels, and the aircraft's characteristic high-wing stability provide operational characteristics ideal for the observation, survey, and patrol missions that government and commercial operators assign to Super Cubs worldwide.
Super Cub Variants
- PA-18-95 — 95 hp Continental C-90, the original Super Cub engine
- PA-18-105 — 105 hp Lycoming O-235
- PA-18-135 — 135 hp Lycoming O-290-D2
- PA-18-150 — 150 hp Lycoming O-320, the most common Super Cub variant
- PA-18A — Agricultural spray variant with hopper system
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