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6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Piper PA-12 C-FSCU 01: Ahunt· Public domain
- 2. PA-12Floats: FlugKerl2· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. PA12-Landing: FlugKerl2· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Piper PA 12 City of the Angels: Ruhrfisch ( talk )· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser AN1195511: Renato Spilimbergo Carvalho· GFDL 1.2
- 6. Piper PA-12 ZS-AZU (16794184630): Bob Adams from Amanzimtoti, South Africa· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser is an American three-seat, high wing, single-engine conventional landing gear-equipped light aircraft that was produced by Piper Aircraft between 1946-48. The PA-12 was an upgraded and redesignated Piper J-5.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 10.8 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 81 years ago, in 1945.
- Wingspan of 10.8 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1945
- introduced
- 1946
- number built
- 3,760
- role
- personal use aircraft
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- makers
- Piper Aircraft
- engines
- 1× Lycoming O-235-C
- length
- 7 m
- wingspan
- 10.8 m
- height
- 2.1 m
- max take-off weight
- 795 kg
- top speed
- 169 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 5,486 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2096450, Wikipedia: Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.