N21506

Built 1938 · registered US

10 for sale 3,936 registered

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ActiveManufacturer Piper Model J3C Variant J3C-65

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A yellow single-engine aircraft with black stripes, likely a Piper Cub, parked inside a hangar.

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1939 Piper J3C-65

3,754 hrRock Hill, United States

$49,000Listed 2mo ago

Listed via barnstormers.com

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1946 Piper J-3C-65 Cub

511 hr

Price on requestListed 3mo ago

Listed via platinumfighters.com

A silver Flitfire Indiana aircraft is parked on the tarmac.

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1941 Piper J3 Flitfire CUB

Lith, United States

$1,500,000Listed 6mo ago

Listed via akcaviation.com

Performance specs

Performance

Range: 320 nm
Cruise speed: 118 kt
Max speed: 130 kt
Service ceiling: 17,000 ft
Takeoff distance: 220 m
Landing distance: 140 m

Weights

MTOW: 1,400 kg
Empty weight: —
Fuel capacity: 345 L

Dimensions

Length: 10.1 m
Wingspan: 10.7 m
Height: 3.1 m

Capacity

Seats: 5
Max passengers: 5

Flight activity

(19 tracking legs recorded)

Last 30 days: 10
Last 90 days: 19
Last seen: 7 Oct 2026
Tracked since: 25 Aug 2026

Frequent routes: KEMT → KEMT (8) · KAVX → KEMT (2) · KEMT → KAVX (2)

KEMT → KEMT7 Oct 2026 · 0h 22m
KEMT → KEMT6 Oct 2026 · 0h 50m
KAVX → KEMT29 Sept 2026 · 0h 46m
KEMT → KAVX29 Sept 2026 · 0h 40m
KAVX → KEMT23 Sept 2026 · 0h 44m
KEMT → KAVX23 Sept 2026 · 0h 45m
KEMT → KEMT16 Sept 2026 · 0h 30m
KEMT → KEMT8 Sept 2026 · 1h 21m
KFUL → KEMT4 Sept 2026 · 0h 15m
KEMT → KFUL4 Sept 2026 · 0h 14m

Showing the 10 most recent distinct flights. The total counts every raw ADS-B tracking leg, including repeat observations and sub-5-minute artifacts.

From ADS-B observations collected since May 2026. Coverage depends on ground-receiver density; gaps do not mean the aircraft did not fly.

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3,936Piper J3C registered worldwide

Common. More common than 99% of the aircraft models we track.

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Registration history

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N21506USACTIVE
ROOTLIEB JERRY V
2008 – present

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