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Index to Cub Clues Newsletters #1 - #183 • December 2014 Index to Cub Clues Newsletters #1 - #183 • December 2014 Articles, Books, Videos about Cubs or Pipers...............................................................1 FAA - Rules & Procedures........................................................................................1-2 Flying - Places to Go/Noteworthy Flights .................................................................2-3 Flying Techniques - Including Aerobatics.....................................................................3 Fuel & Oil................................................................................................................3-4 Hangaring, Towing, Pushing, Lifting, Tying Down ........................................................4 History - Aircraft Exploits ...........................................................................................4 History - Company ..................................................................................................4-5 History - War Time……………………………………………………………………………………………………..5 Maintenance, Repair, Alteration ...........................................................................5-21 Cockpit - doors, windows, floors..................................................................5-6 Cockpit - seat belts, harnesses........................................................................6 Cockpit - seat, upholstery, baggage area.........................................................6 Controls & control surfaces .........................................................................6-7 Converting to different model ........................................................................7 Covering & painting ....................................................................................7-9 Electrical system, radios, lights..................................................................9-10 Engines - accessories...............................................................................10-11 Engines - conversions...................................................................................11 Engines - general..........................................................................................11 Engines - maintenance/overhaul ............................................................. 11-12 Engines - mounts, firewall, cowling...............................................................12 Fuel system - selector, lines, tanks........................................................... 12-14 Fuselage ......................................................................................................14 Gear - axle, legs, bungee, etc...................................................................14-15 Gear - floats & skis .......................................................................................15 Gear - tailwheel ...........................................................................................15 Gear - wheel pants, fairings.....................................................................15-16 Gear - wheels, brakes, tires, tubes........................................................... 16-17 Heating & ventilation...................................................................................17 Maintenance - inspections, general ..............................................................17 Panel & instruments ...............................................................................17-18 Placards, decals & nameplates .....................................................................18 Propellers ....................................................................................................18 Rigging, trimming, weight & balance ............................................................19 Tail Surfaces ................................................................................................19 Wings & struts ........................................................................................ 19-21 Miscellaneous.....................................................................................................21-23 Model Info - Development, Performance, Flying, Description............................... 23-29 All models....................................................................................................23 E2................................................................................................................23 J2 ...........................................................................................................23-24 J3 ...........................................................................................................24-26 J4 ................................................................................................................26 J5 (also AE-1 & HE-1) ....................................................................................26 L-4..........................................................................................................26-27 Other...........................................................................................................27 PA-11...........................................................................................................27 PA-12......................................................................................................27-28 PA-14...........................................................................................................28 PA-18 & 19.............................................................................................. 28-29 Models ....................................................................................................................29 Serial Number, Frame Number, N Number................................................................29 Sources - Parts, Manuals, STCs Prints, 337s .......................................................... 29-30 Listing of Clyde Smith Jr. “Cub Doctor” columns...................................................30-32 ............How to Use This Index: Issue# / Page# (Example: 53/04 = Issue #53, Page 4) ARTICLES, BOOKS, ON OR ABOUT CUBS OR More About FARs – Mods 07 / 06 PIPERS Optional Equipment Installed Needs 337 Form 12 / 10 Obtaining Approvals for Mods 16 / 05 “See No Evil” – Recommended Book of Cubbing 16 / 02 Changes Using Aircraft Type Certification Rules 20 / 07 “Box Seat Over Hell” (L-4 Exploits) by Cannon 17 / 02 Legality of Assembling Aircraft from Parts 24 / 05 “Mr. Piper & His Cubs” Book – Avail. For $40 18 / 02 FCC Radio License Needed 24 / 07 J3/L-4 Flight Training (Early ‘40s) Video 21 / 03 Data Plate Placement (New FAA Regs) 25 / 02 “Ice Runway” – Book on High Country/Winter Flying 22 / 11 Easy, Inexpensive External ID 25 / 03 Video on Float Flying 23 / 03 Inexpensive but Legal ID Plates (Tape) 26 / 05 “Piper Aircraft & Their Forerunners” by Smith & 24 / 01 Rules for Having Legal Paperwork 27 / 06 Peperell Transmitter License Needed for ELT 31 / 07 “Coast-to-Coast in Cub” – Ed Byars 26 / 02 Do not ignore FAR’s 38 / 07 “Putt-Putt Air Force” (CPTP Program of ‘40s) 26 / 02 Status of 337’s issued prior to 8/25/55 49 / 11 “Coast-to-Coast in Cub” – Ed Byars 27 / 01 Using 337’s to do mods 50 / 07 J3 Cub Video Available (G & M Mgt.) 32 / 12 Help – licensing ac w/no logs 57 / 06 J3 Cub Video Available (G & M Mgt.) 34 / 10 Exporting US aircraft 58 / 02 PA-18 stars in 3 part video 53 / 01 Rules for using owner supplied parts 58 / 07 Children’s book “The Flying Sunbeam” 56 / 02 FAA station license needed for ELT 59 / 10 Aviation & Pennsylvania book from Cub Club 57 / 03 Check airworthiness certif. May be Invalid 60 / 04 J3 Children’s Book Available 57 / 11 Why submit malfunction/defect report 60 / 12 Ed Phillips Piper Cub book available 59 / 10 How to get valid airworthiness certificate 61 / 02 Taildragger/Farmstrips, British video 61 / 03 Make copy of present airworthiness certif. 63 / 07 L-4 book available – Unsung Flyers 69 / 02 More on Airworthiness Certificates 64 / 05 Book Mr. Piper & His Cubs available again 75 / 01 Is it NC or just N 64 / 07 The First Cub – book by Chet Peek on E2 75 / 02 Procedure to convert US mfg ac from 66 / 12 Cubs on the Loose by Lyle Wheeler 107 / 12 foreign countries back to US Flying Low by Lt Joseph F. Gordon 107 / 12 Getting info on your ac 67 / 12 Janey is now available as a talking book CD 113 / 01 Do you own your airplane – check records 68 / 11 The Cub That Roared, video/DVD available 114 / 06 Problems w/ Canadian built Cub licensed in US 71 / 05 Taildragger and propping DVS’s available 117 / 04 Getting mod approved 72 / 03 Tailwheel transition manual available 122 / 13 Obtaining FAA records on aircraft 73 / 02 Low and Slow: L-4 in the Philippines during WWII 127 / 03 Obtaining FAA records on aircraft 73 / 11 Alone and Unarmed: L-4 flying in Italy during WWII 128 / 02 FAA document on owner produced parts available 77 / 02 Cubs & club members in recent publications 128 / 03 New development in pilot/owner inspect/maintain 78 / 02 Alone and Unarmed – Update 129 / 05 Must use legal data plate 87 / 01 Cub Club Members Featured in National Mags 131 / 12 Special data plate for floats 87 / 05 Exciting News for J3 & PA-18 Restorers 132 / 14 Flight physicals & drivers license 88 / 07 Cub Club.org 132 / 02 Bogus airplane parts – explanation 90 / 03 A Review of the J3 &PA-18 Wing Assy. DVD 132 / 14 How to get FAA records for your ac 93 / 01 Piper Cub Tales 3000 Hours of Flying Fun 134 / 04 What operating limitations Form ACA-309 94 / 05 Cleveland National Air Races 134 / 04 Pilot/Owner maintenance
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