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NC14707 was brought to Tucson Sunday December 9,1934. It was flown solo by William T. Piper, Jr. His flight brought him cross-country from Bradford, PA, which he had departed the previous October. He was inbound from El Paso, TX enroute to Phoenix, AZ. Please direct your browser to the link to understand the context of Piper's flight and to see additional images of him and his airplane. While in Tucson, he gave what appeared to be in his log book, rides to two passengers.
Below, two images of NC14707, probably taken at Long Beach, CA.
Taylor E-2 Cub NC14707, Ca. 1935 (Source: Piper)
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Taylor E-2 Cub NC14707, Ca. 1935 (Source: Piper)
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Mr. Piper remained in Tucson until the 11th of December, then flew to California via Phoenix. The itinerary for Piper's cross-country flight was long but direct. The itinerary east of Tucson is exhibited on Piper's biography page linked above. West of Tucson his trip became tortuous. Below is his western itinerary with NC14707. The itinerary was reconstructed from Piper's flight log books.
NC14707/Piper Itinerary West of Tucson (Source: Webmaster)
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I was not able to determine when Bill Piper took the last flight with NC14707, but his father, who was in the process of taking over the Talor company, had told him to sell the airplane in California.
He did, and it remained on the west coast for at least two years. A site visitor contacted me after finding NC14707 entered in his father, Bill Hays', flight log book. As indicated in the first two pages of his log, below, he took his first training flight in NC14707 on October 4, 1936. The flight was 39 minutes long and occurred at Mines Field (LAX today). He soloed on November 18th with about four hours of flight time in 14707.
Pilot Log Book, NC14707 Flight Entries, 1936 (Source: Site Visitor)
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His second page, below, shows that he flew NC14707 about 9 hours from October 4, 1936 and March 15, 1937. Ted Morton, his instructor, was not a Register pilot.
Pilot Log Book, NC14707 Flight Entries, 1936-37 (Source: Site Visitor)
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March 15, 1937 was the last time NC14707 was flown by Hays. The next page began with a flight in the EMSCO B-7C NC969Y (found in the Grand Central Air Terminal, July 27, 1931) flown on April 17, 1947.
I have no information about the fate of NC14707. If you KNOW, please contact me at the link.
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THIS PAGE UPLOADED: 12/04/10 REVISED: 01/22/18
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