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

[Mark Allen M]

... ??? 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]

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

[Mark Allen M]

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.

[Chris Brame]

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

[StangStung]

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]

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

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

[GARY HILTON]

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

[Pogo]

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