Fourteen-year-old Kyle Carden flew 800 nm in a Piper J3 Cub to reach EAA AirVenture Oshkosh this year. The teenager left the Mobile Bay area in Alabama on July 19 with co-owner and certified flight instructor Philip Grice of Continental Motors. At AirVenture, the Cub can be found at Continental Motors’ booth (main aircraft display 229-234).

Carden currently takes care of the aircraft as he receives dual instruction toward his private pilot certificate. Continuing the tradition of this aircraft, he will choose the next teenager to become the temporary owner of the 1946 Cub once he himself becomes a professional and moves on to a bigger airplane.

Grice suggested the trip to Oshkosh as a way for Carden to gain cross-country experience and practice landing in unfamiliar airfields. At AirVenture, the Piper Cub joins a group of J3s coming to Oshkosh, Wisconsin to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Piper Aircraft and its most famous airplane.