Taylor J-2
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The Taylor J-2 Cub (later also known as the Piper J-2 Cub) is an American two-seat light aircraft that was designed and built by the Taylor Aircraft Company. The company became the Piper Aircraft Company and the J-2 was first of a long line of related Piper Cub designs.

Aircraft N19512 (1937 Taylor J-2 C/N 1712) Photo by Steve Nation (Photo ID: AC690938) www.airport-data.1
At least one Taylor J-2 was to have been used by the Fuerza Aerea de la Guardia Nacional de Nicaragua but crashed on the delivery/ferry flight in 1937 ...2
Jamouneau and Taylor J-2s Piper were produced at Bradford until the factory burned to the ground in March 1937.3
Piper rehired Jamouneau and about 695 Taylor J-2s Piper were produced at Bradford until the factory burned to the ground in March 1937.4
radial engine, a Taylor J-2 Cub and a (Bauer 170) Franklin Sport. They have had a Ford Trimotor & a Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra there, and a Cessna Bobcat based there.5
Roger's first plane was a 1930s vintage Taylor J-2 Cub, which he found abandoned in the back of a barn among various discarded farm implements.6
Taylor J-2 Cub which he restored. He soloed at age 16 and, like many, his love of flying has its roots in childhood plane-watching.7

Made by Piper Aircraft.

Taylor J-2 is the predecessor of the Piper J-3.

Taylor J-2 Cub, in 1935, and to the famous Piper J-3 Cub in 1937.8
The Taylor J-2 Cub (later also known as the Piper J-2 Cub) was a American two-seat light aircraft designed and built by the Taylor Aircraft Company.9
The Taylor J-2 Cub was the predecessor of the famous Piper J-3 Cub. It was equipped with a 37hp Continental A-40 engine.10
Weekly List of 4/8/36, Taylor J-2 Cub c/n 569 sits firmly in the middle of a long row of J-2s.11
I have only recently found out about the Taylor J-2 which I may have access to fly.12
The Piper J-3 Cub, adapted from the Taylor J-2 Cub, was introduced in 1937 and proved Piper right: a total of 19,888 J-3 Cubs were built until production ceased in 1947.13
Thus did the Taylor J-2-soon to be the Piper J-2-come into the world, soon to be modified as the immortal J-3 Piper Cub.14
Empty Weight Lb
563
Designer
Walter Jamouneau
Eng 1 Type
Continental A-40
Max Speed Mph
Ceiling Ft
12000
Successor
Piper J-3
Span In
3
Gross Weight Lb
970
Number Built
1207
Crew
2
Empty Weight Kg
255
Gross Weight Kg
440
Height In
8
Manufacturer
Piper Aircraft
Met Or Eng
eng
Range Miles
210
First Flight
1935
Production End Year
1938
Height Ft
6
Span Ft
35
Production Start Year
1936
Length Ft
22
Variants With Their Own Articles
Piper J-3
Eng 1 Hp
37
Eng 1 Number
1
Produced
1936
Length In
5
Category
Piper aircraft
United States civil utility aircraft 1930-1939

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