Similar in configuration  appearance and mission to Piper’s venerable Super Cub  the Husky is a much later design  being first conceived in the mid 1980s The Husky was originally designed by Christen Industries  the company also responsible for the kit built Christen Eagle aerobatic biplane and previous owner of the Pitts Special aerobatic biplane series (described separately  Aviat now owns Pitts and Christen)