This A2A Piper Cub repaint was spurned by an article in "Reminisce" magazine, written by John Larson as told by the late Eloise Cheek Parman of Roger Mills County, Oklahoma.
"There must be a better way," J. N. Dewey said to himself as he drove his Model-T Ford all day delivering Sunday newspapers to rural farms in Roger Mills County, Oklahoma.
So in 1947 Dewey bough a new Piper Cub and kept it at Angus Field in Cheyenne, Oklahoma with the notion that cutting across the vast fields would allow him to deliver all of his Sunday newspapers in the morning.
On his final Model-T delivery he put a note in each paper informing his customers that the next Sunday paper would be delivered by air. He wrote to look for the paper on the front lawn, but not to try and catch it.
Bound tightly with rubber bands, the papers were dropped into the customers' yards. Mr. Dewey lost a few initially, but learned how to make drops low and into the wind for accuracy.
For almost 20 years in good weather, Mr. Dewey delivered the Sunday papers in his Piper Cub, N21528. He was also an angel of mercy for many motorists in distress in this forsaken uninhabited land and whenever he spotted a stranded motorist, he would write a note and insert it in his next delivery for the customer to go or send for help for the motorist.
On three occasions, he spotted accidents and flew a doctor to the scene after informing authorities. Sadly in late 1967 Mr. Dewey was killed in another Piper Cub while crop dusting.
Since a color photo of Mr. Dewey's Cub was in the article, I could not help but take brush in hand and do his "Air News" Piper Cub using A2A's exquisite Piper Cub.
"There must be a better way," J. N. Dewey said to himself as he drove his Model-T Ford all day delivering Sunday newspapers to rural farms in Roger Mills County, Oklahoma.
So in 1947 Dewey bough a new Piper Cub and kept it at Angus Field in Cheyenne, Oklahoma with the notion that cutting across the vast fields would allow him to deliver all of his Sunday newspapers in the morning.
On his final Model-T delivery he put a note in each paper informing his customers that the next Sunday paper would be delivered by air. He wrote to look for the paper on the front lawn, but not to try and catch it.
Bound tightly with rubber bands, the papers were dropped into the customers' yards. Mr. Dewey lost a few initially, but learned how to make drops low and into the wind for accuracy.
For almost 20 years in good weather, Mr. Dewey delivered the Sunday papers in his Piper Cub, N21528. He was also an angel of mercy for many motorists in distress in this forsaken uninhabited land and whenever he spotted a stranded motorist, he would write a note and insert it in his next delivery for the customer to go or send for help for the motorist.
On three occasions, he spotted accidents and flew a doctor to the scene after informing authorities. Sadly in late 1967 Mr. Dewey was killed in another Piper Cub while crop dusting.
Since a color photo of Mr. Dewey's Cub was in the article, I could not help but take brush in hand and do his "Air News" Piper Cub using A2A's exquisite Piper Cub.
