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J-4 Cub Coupe Info and Trivia The J-4 series aircraft were approved under four different C.A.A. numbers. There are nearly 370 in the current U.S. Civil Aircraft Register.

	J-4 was approved in Oct. 1938, and the J-4A and J-4AS seaplane in July 1939, both were under ATC #703. They sold for around $2,000.
		- J-4 had a Continental A-50 engine and open cowling. - J-4A and J-4AS seaplane had a Continental A-65 and closed cowl. The C.A.A. had 21 J-4A's, and you can see the list at Aero Vintage. Juptner says they were specially equipped (at $2300 each) with two-way radio, blind-flying equipment and long range tanks. They were one-place airplanes used by inspectors in the field.
	J-4B was approved under Type Certificate 708 in March 1939, and had a 65-hp Franklin 4AC-171 engine, originally with open cowl and later with closed.
	J-4F was approved in March 1940 under ATC #721, and had a 65-hp Lycoming O-145-B engine. They could be cn 4-828 and up.
	J-4E was approved in April 1941 under ATC #740, and had a 75-hp Continental A-75. Construction Numbers were 4-1378, and 4-1385 and up.
		USAAF L-4E. Eighteen civilian J-4E's were "impressed" by the USAAF for military use, Baugher has the military serial numbers but no factory numbers. Warbird Alley shows an L-4E here.

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	4-636	N24533, a beautifully restored 1939 J-4A, at the Wood, Fabric and Tailwheels Fly-In 64I Lee Bottom Flying Field, Hanover, IN 9-07. Here's a closeup.
	4-878	N26735, 1940 J-4A , C-85, at Oshkosh 1975 (slide) Note the cool wheel fenders!
	4-943	G-AFGM, J-4A ex N26895, to UK in 1981, at West Malling 9-88 (slide)
	4-1013	N27083 leads his friend in N4001H at the International Seaplane Fly-In, at the Greenville Seaplane Base, on Moosehead Lake, Greenville, ME 9-06. And then he poses for me, and later, heads out. Note the seaplane doors in the up position.
	4-1104	N27882, at an event in California, 12-69 (slide) Note the "wheel streamlines," as they were called.
	4-1108	N4001H, a 1940 J-4A with C-85 and open cowling, landing at Greenville, ME 9-06; slowly moving past my favorite backdrop there; and on the way home.
	4-1169	N30340, a 1940 J-4A at Oshkosh 1977 (slide)
	4-1341	G-AFWH, J-4A ex N33093, to UK in 1982, at West Malling UK 9-83 (slide)
	4-1456	G-BSDJ, J-4E ex N35975, C-85, to UK 1991, at North Weald UK 5-07 (slide)

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