# Can you identify this barnstorming airplane pic from 1949?

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**Created:** [April 15, 2016, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-barnstorming-airplane-pic-from-1949/752243 "2016-04-15T02:50:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-barnstorming-airplane-pic-from-1949/752243/1 "2016-04-15T02:50:09Z")

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[Pic here](http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t464/monkapotamus/plane_zpsgvftnapg.jpg)

Any idea what model it is?

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**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-barnstorming-airplane-pic-from-1949/752243/2 "2016-04-15T02:59:24Z")

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Piper J-3 Cub?

> **[Piper J-3 Cub](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piper_J-3_Cub)**
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> The Piper J-3 Cub is an American light aircraft that was built between 1938 and 1947 by Piper Aircraft. The aircraft has a simple, lightweight design which gives it good low-speed handling properties and short-field performance. The Cub is Piper Aircraft's most-produced model, with nearly 20,000 built in the United States. Its simplicity, affordability and popularity invokes comparisons to the Ford Model T automobile.
> The aircraft is a high-wing, strut-braced monoplane with a large-area recta...

ETA: The FAA registry for N98711 is for a J3

[http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum\_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=98711](http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=98711)

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**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-barnstorming-airplane-pic-from-1949/752243/3 "2016-04-15T05:10:23Z")

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I hadn’t even thought to look up the registration number, but yeah, looks like a Cub to me, too.