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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.
The N-9 was initially powered by a 100 hp (75 kW) Curtiss OXX-6 engine. U.S. Navy N-9s and Curtiss Model Fs at Naval Air Station Key West Curtiss was awarded an initial contract for 30 aircraft in August 1916, and an additional 14 were ordered by the United States Army , which maintained a small seaplane operation.
Main menu. Main menu. move to sidebar hide. Navigation Main page; Contents; ... English: Curtiss JN-4D on display at the San Diego Air and Space Museum. Date: circa 2011
The Curtiss J was designed by Benjamin D. Thomas. Glenn Curtiss hired Thomas from the Sopwith Aviation Company while on a trip to London, England. He started designing the Model J while overseas, and is also credited with helping design the Model N and the Model H "America". [1] [2] The first flight tests were performed without fuselage ...
On July 5, 1929, Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company together with 11 other Wright and Curtiss affiliated companies merged to become the Curtiss-Wright Corporation. One of the last projects started by Curtiss Aeroplane was the ambitious Curtiss-Bleecker SX-5-1 Helicopter , a design that had propellers located midpoint on each of the four large ...
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A small detachment with S.C. 31, a Martin T tractor airplane, returned from San Diego to Texas for the fourth time in five years, in April 1915, led by 1st Lieutenant Thomas D. Milling and 2nd Lieutenant Byron Q. Jones, [13] [n 10] as the Army massed around Brownsville in response to civil war between the forces of Pancho Villa and the Carranza ...
Standard J-1 providing joyrides. Although produced in large numbers, its four-cylinder Hall-Scott A-7a engine was unreliable and vibrated badly. While JN-4 production outnumbered J-1s by about two to one in June 1918, fatalities in JN-4s versus J-1s numbered about seven to one due to the limited use of the J-1s.