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Aviation's Most Durable Cub...
...aviators the world over, private aviation's most durable and legendary plane is the Piper Cub. The most durable Piper of all is William Thomas Piper, president and board chairman of Piper Aircraft Corp.. the Cub's maker. At 80, grey-thatched, stocky (5 ft. 9 in., 200 Ibs.) Bill Piper is the grand old man of private flying-yet he became a cub pilot only at 50 after making a career as a successful oilman. By pioneering in the small, cheap and easy-to-handle plane, he helped put flying within the reach of thousands...
...civilian planes, more than any other company. It now accounts for one-third of all private aircraft produced, although its chief competitors, Cessna and Beech, are ahead in dollar volume. Last year Piper sold $40 million worth of planes, ranging from its two-seat, single-engined Super Cub ($7,880) to its de luxe, twin-engined Aztec ($55,000). Though sales are holding up, Bill Piper expects profits to be down somewhat this year because of spending on research and new models...
When I was a cub reporter, 65 years ago, I was taught that there never had been but two outstanding jobs of reporting: 1) Lew Wallace's account of the Ben-Hur chariot race (fictional); 2) Lafcadio Hearn's account of the Gas House [Tannery] Murder in the Cincinnati Enquirer...
...week's doings read like social notes from Newburyport, Mass, or La Jolla, Calif. Cub Scouts were meeting at the home of Den Mother Katherine Williams...