CF-BIX Piper
J3F-50
(c/n 2370)
A Cub
with a Franklin engine. The Franklin Company, which had been
building motor cars, decided
to enter the light aircraft
market. Their diminutive 4 cyl. Franklin 50 h.p. engine was an
instant success
and many hundreds of Pipers were
built around it. Power was later increased to 65 h.p.and the
J3F-65 was supplied to the
Army Air Corps as the L-4D. Note Cornell taxiing at right in this
image.
The above
image was acquired from Peter Bowers in the 1940s.