The Piper PA-38 Tomahawk offers a relatively low purchase price and operating costs compared to other aircraft, making it an economical option. While initially criticized for stall/spin ...

The Taylor E-2 Cub was originally designed by two of the company's founders, William Piper and Gilbert Taylor, in the early 20th century, with its first flight coming in 1930.

When Piper introduced the PA-18 Super Cub in November 1949, its price was $3,595. The 1955 150 hp Super Cub sold for $6,000. Today, a new Cub Crafters CC-18 Top Cub sells for over $283,500.

In the late 1940s, Piper replaced the J-3 with the PA-11 Cub Special, 1,500 of which were produced. The Piper PA-18 Super Cub soon followed, which Piper built from 1949 until 1983 and again from ...

Today, Piper Aircraft of Vero Beach, Fla., still manufactures airplanes—150,000 of them over the last 70-plus years—but the company no longer builds the Cub.