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The Piper L-21B Super Cub is a two-seat high-wing liaison aircraft. The Piper PA-18
Super Cub flew for the first time in 1949, and the FAA Type certification was
awarded on 18 November 1949. The first production Super Cubs were delivered in 1949. Over
10.000 Super Cubs were built, including about 8,500 civilian Super Cubs and more than 1,800
delivered to the U.S. and several foreign military services as L-18Cs and L-21s for liaison;
training; transport and target tugs work. Most of the Super Cubs were built until 1981 when
production originally ceased. Super Cub production resumed by WTA between 1982 and 1988, totalled
250. Between 1988 and 1994, Piper Aircraft built another 102. |
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In January 1958, the Piper L-21B Super Cub R-154 (ex 54-2444) entered
service wiith the Koninklijke Luchtmacht (Royal Netherlands Air Force).
The Royal Netherlands Air Force received 155 Piper L-18C, L-21A and
L-21B Super Cubs. The aircraft were owned by the Army but flown and
technical supported by Groep Lichte Vliegtuigen, formed by 298, 299 and
300 squadron of the Koninklijke Luchtmacht (RNethAF). During 1975, the
Belgian Air Force acquired six of the Koninklijke Luchtmacht (Royal
Netherlands Air Force) Piper L-21B Super Cubs, including Piper L-21B
Super Cub R-154, for use by the Belgian Air Cadets as glider tugs. In
October 1975, Piper L-21B Super Cub R-154 entered service with the
Belgian Air Force as LB-05. Piper L-21B Super Cub LB-05 is operated by
the Militair Centrum Voor Zweefvliegen / Centre Militaire de Vol à Voile
(MCVZ/CMVV) at Goetsenhoven. The aircraft is technical supported
and maintained by the No. 1 Wing of the Belgian Air Component at Beauvechain
Air Base. In 2001/2002 the Super Cub LB-05 received a major
overhaul, during which a brand new fuselage frame, new wings and the
Lycoming Continental O-320 150 hp engine was replaced by a more powerful
Lycoming O-320 that emits 180 hp. In reality the L-21B was rebuilt as a
new Super Cub, with only some parts of the old aircraft transferred to
the new fuselage. On 20 May 2015, Piper L-21B Super Cub LB-05 was seen at Beauvechain Air Base. |
