A US-built monoplane that was an early version of the Piper. Two planes of this type were purchased by a flight school in Mandatory Palestine. When WW2 broke out, the school closed its doors and the planes were sold to 'Aviron', the first Jewish commercial flight company in Palestine.
In Operation 'Tsipporah' the Taylorcraft planes were taken from the airfield at Lod to Sde Dov, as far away as possible from where they could be damaged by Arab hostile activities.
The planes were retired in 1949.