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The Curtiss JN-4


 

3 Early Curtiss Aircraft
Photo: Kurt Wheaton Collection

JN-4
Ft. Sill, OK - 1916

JN-4
Ft. Sill, OK - 1916

USAS Aviator

USAS JN's in Flight

USAS JN's in Flight

USAS JN-4, Target Practice

Curtiss JN-4 in a Tree
Carlstrom - 1915
Photo: Florida State Archives

USAS JN-4

Crashed USAS JN-4

Crashed USAS JN-4

USAS JN-4
The 1st Plane to land in DeLand FL
Photo: Florida State Archives

USAS JN-4
The 1st Plane to land in DeLand FL
Photo: Florida State Archives

JN-4 Postcard
Photo: Leta D. Bishop of Tyler, TX

JN-4 and Daredevil Jumper

Ethel Dare
Note: Pegs on sturt (ladder?)
Photo: George Dettling Collection
via Rob Osborne

Ethel Dare, Plane to Plane Transfer
Photo: Danes Homes Antiques, Waupaca WI

Lillian Boyer hanging from JN4
Note: Ladder under fuselage

Gladys Roy - Blindfolded Wingwalker

Bryce Hollingsworth, 1919
Photo: George Dettling Collection
via Rob Osborne

Bryce Hollingsworth, 1919
Photo: George Dettling Collection
via Rob Osborne

George Smith's JN-4
Photo: Florida State Archives

JN-4 - Candler Field, Atlanta
Photo: Brian Karli

Wrecked JN-4
Doug Davis standing on wing
Candler Field, Atlanta
Photo: Brian Karli

Sgt. Norbert Small and a JN-4
Near Amarillo Texas - 1918
Photo: Brian Karli

Unknown man and JN-4
Chanute, Kansas - 1930's
Note: Forward Cockpit Step
Photo: Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum

JN-4 Flight Controls
Source: JN4D Handbook (1918)

JN-4 Ignition System
Source: JN4D Handbook (1918)

JN-4 3-View
From NACA Note 120

JN-4 3-View
Courtesy of Eduardo Escalona


Historical Pages

Curtiss JN4 - Specifications & Operating Instructions

JN-4's at Carlstrom Field, Florida
JN-4's at Call Field, Texas
JN-4's at McCook Field, Ohio
JN-4 Barnstorming - Daytona Beach
The Mabel Cody Flying Circus


Photos of Surviving JN-4's

JN-4(H) Canuck - Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome
Curtiss JN-4D - US Army Aviation Museum
Curtiss JN-4D - USAF Museum
Curtiss JN-4D - National Museum of Naval Aviation
Curtiss JN-4D - EAA Museum (Oshkosh)


A Curtiss JN-4 Model - Free


Curtiss JN-4 Links

The Curtiss Jenny in Flight Page
Nome Alaska with a Jenny - 1923
Inspecting an Airplane Before Flight (1918)
NACA Report 17 - Investiration of statical and dynamic stability
NACA Report 99 - A Study of Accelerations in Flight
NACA TN 120 - A Preliminary Study of Airplane Performance
NACA Report 154 - A Study of Taking off and Landing an Airplane
Peach State Aero - JN-4 Restoration
Curtiss JN-4D(USAF Museum Page)
JN4 Page at the WW1 Modeling Page
Fiddler's Green - Jenny Model

JN-4's on Public Display

The Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome
The NASM (Smithsonian)- JN4 Currently at Garber
The USAF Museum
The National Museum of Naval Aviation
The US Army Aviation Museum
The EAA Museum (Oshkosh)
Golden Age Air Museum
The Virginia Aviation Museum

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