'Glimpy the cub' hanging from a balloon ...

Mark Allen M · **Joined:** Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:48 pm **Posts:** 7827

... ??? you say? ...

"Piper cub, 'Glimpy', on an M class blimp, ZNP-M-1. Photographed by C. White, March 27, 1944"

This looks to be a different cub (NE-1)

Warbird Kid · **Posted:** Wed Apr 06, 2016 2:34 pm

Very cool. And here I thought the MAM's example was painted inaccurately all these years.

Mark Allen M · **Joined:** Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:48 pm **Posts:** 7827

Warbird Kid wrote:

and here I thought the MAM's example was painted inaccurately all these years.

Actually if one wants to be nit picky. Take a look at the "Glimpy" on the original and then your photo. Original Glimpy has 'G' black and 'L' white. Your photo has 'G' and 'L' black. :axe:

Chris Brame · **Posted:** Thu Apr 07, 2016 12:19 pm

Plus another "Glimpy" on the nose below the prop... :axe:

StangStung · **Posted:** Thu Apr 07, 2016 2:24 pm

And since we're going there...the original pic looks two tone to me, not three tone as the resto version in the color pic.

But man, what a crazy set up! I'll bet there was pucker factor 11 crawling into that bad boy. Thanks for posting the pics (all of them)!

bdk · **Joined:** Sun May 02, 2004 1:16 am **Posts:** 11324

Looks like the prop nicked the fabric a bit...

Mark Allen M wrote:

"Piper cub, 'Glimpy', on an M class blimp, ZNP-M-1. Photographed by C. White, March 27, 1944"

GARY HILTON · **Posted:** Thu Apr 07, 2016 7:30 pm

So cool! I did not know that any of the military branches used Piper's civil J-3RG Cubs!

Pogo · **Posted:** Thu Apr 07, 2016 7:57 pm

Ha, exactly what I was thinking - that J-3 RG is one bad*ss Cubby!! :supz:

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