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Twin JN — An enlarged twin-engined version of the JN-4, they were powered by two OXX-2 V-8 engines, built in 1916 as the JN-5 for an observation role; among the many other modifications was an enlarged wingspan and new rudder adapted from the Curtiss Model R-4. Two of the series saw action with the US Army on the Mexican border in 1916–1917.
C-1 was the first airship to release an airplane in flight when the C-1 dropped a Curtiss JN-4 over Fort Tilden, New York on 12 December 1918. [2] C-1 also tested a job which Navy blimps would also perform for the rest of their service.
The Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company (1909–1929) was an American aircraft manufacturer originally founded by Glenn Hammond Curtiss and Augustus Moore Herring in Hammondsport, New York. After significant commercial success in its first decades, it merged with the Wright Aeronautical to form Curtiss-Wright Corporation.
This was the first flying service school, which eventually was donated to a Naval Air Base [10] 1913 Hammondsport, New York; 1915 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Long Branch Aerodrome, Training in the Curtiss JN-3. [11] 1915 Newport News, Virginia Harbor. Site of training for the Canadian Royal Flying Corps. Disbanded in 1922. [12] [13] [14]
Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" biplane in the museum The Glenn H. Curtiss Museum is a transportation museum in Hammondsport, New York with a focus on the early aviator Glenn H. Curtiss . The 60,000 square foot facility has a collection of aircraft, vintage motorcycles, automobiles, and aircraft engines.
Data from Curtiss Aircraft 1907–1947 General characteristics Crew: two Length: 26 ft 4 in (8.03 m) Wingspan: 40 ft 2 in (12.24 m) Wing area: 340 sq ft (32 m 2) Empty weight: 1,075 lb (488 kg) Gross weight: 1,635 lb (742 kg) Powerplant: 1 × Curtiss OX-2, 90 hp (67 kW) Performance Maximum speed: 70 mph (110 km/h, 61 kn) Endurance: 4 hr Time to altitude: 10 min to 3,000 ft (915 m) See also ...
The Curtiss OX-5 was an early V-8 American liquid-cooled aircraft engine built by Curtiss. It was the first American-designed aircraft engine to enter mass production, although it was considered obsolete when it did so in 1917. [1] It nevertheless found widespread use on a number of aircraft, perhaps the most famous being the JN-4 "Jenny". Some ...
Love Field in 1918 during World War I 136th Aero Squadron (Later Squadron "C") Love Field Texas, 1918 Training flight of 4 Curtiss JN-4Ds from Love Field Instructor pilot sitting in a Curtis JN-4 Dallas Love Field originated in 1917 when the Army announced it would establish a series of camps to train prospective pilots after the United States ...