The crash involved a Piper PA-18 float plane and is being investigated by the NTSB. Col. Mark Sletten, 46, of Anchorage, and Paul Kodrat, 41, of Utah, died in the crash. The aircraft is owned by ...

The Piper Super Cub was first certified in 1949, powered at the time by a Continental C90-12F. Over time, the power was increased and the final production run at Piper saw the installation of the ...

While production of the original J-3 ceased in 1947 after Piper built 19,888 J-3s, the Cub's influence persisted through the ...