Spotted For Sale: 1941 Culver Cadet - 120 MPH - 5 GPH - Super Cutie!
Thursday, September 29, 2011 at 09:10PM 
Designed by Al Mooney - a 1941 Culver Cadet! $21,000 at barnstormers.com
You might have noticed my drooling on twitter (@AirPigz) a while back after I found a different Culver Cadet for sale for just $17,000... and now here's another amazingly great looking airplane for just $21,000. If I had some cash (or a credit rating that wasn't face-down-in-the-mud) I'd be all over these little cuties. In fact, I'd probably have more than one!
Where else can you buy a true antique aircraft that has retractable landing gear and can scoot around the sky at 120 mph on just 5 gph... AND can be bought for about the price of a new nicely equipped Toyota Corolla? I don't know of any other production aircraft that can match the uniqueness, affordability and retro cool factor of the little Culver Cadet - even if the useful load is only a little over 400 pounds.
Wanna know more about the quirky little Cadet? Read this great Vintage Airplane magazine article from 2007 - but watch out, you just might find yourself in the buying mood : )
1941 Culver Cadet: Cheap thrills on a budget, and an elliptical wing!
Taildragger with a stick, an 85 hp Continental, and room for two = FUN!
Reader Comments (5)
Nice, a baby Spitfire. I wonder if any women flew them, you should've included that, Martt. :oD
And if you are in the market for a new one, you can build it yourself. If you made it fixed gear, it would seem to fall under the light sport criteria.
Its light sport just as much as all the amphibians that suck their gear out of the slipstream. Sauce for the goose etc.
SORRY ! *NOT* Light Sport Even with the gear hanging down ! My NC41730 quits flying, AND has a REAL ATTENTION GRABBING (As In You're LOOKING AT THE GROUND DUDE), Stall at 60 MPH IAS. But They ARE FUN !
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