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	World War I Planes: Curtiss JN 4 or Jenny
		The most important training aircraft in Canada during the First World War was the Curtiss JN 4 Canadian.
		The Royal Flying Corps (RFC) initiated the creation of the JN 4, requiring a modified version of the American Curtiss JN 3 for their flight training program starting later in 1917.
		Curtiss Aeroplane and Motors limited in Toronto built the JN 3.
	www.abheritage.ca /aviation/planes/ww1_curtiss.html (205 words)

	The Curtiss JN-4 “Jenny”
		Douglas Thomas would join the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation and design the Curtiss J and N models, and Royal Navy pilot John Porte would be one of the pilots who crossed the Atlantic in a Curtiss seaplane.
		Curtiss built fewer than 200 Model J and Model N trainers for the Army and Navy before he decided in 1915 to launch the JN series.
		Curtiss combined the best qualities of both planes in the JN, which soon acquired the nickname "Jenny." After evaluation by the Army and Navy, a small number were ordered in 1915.
	www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Aerospace/Jenny/Aero3.htm (1374 words)

	Curtiss JN4 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Printed upside-down in error, the Curtiss JN-4 appears on a famous stamp; the stamp is known as the "Inverted Jenny".
		The Curtiss JN4 is a series of aircraft built by the Curtiss company of Hammondsport, New York, later the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company.
		Curtiss combined the best features of the model J and model N trainers, built for the Army and Navy, and began producting the JN or "Jenny" series of aircraft in 1915.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Curtiss_JN4 (582 words)

	The Curtiss Company
		Glenn Curtiss was one of the pioneer aircraft manufacturers in the United States and is often considered the father of naval aviation.
		Curtiss delivered his first plane to them, the Curtiss No. 1, built to their specifications, on May 29, 1909.
		Curtiss also worked on developing the seaplane, basically a land plane with floats instead of wheeled landing gear.
	www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Aerospace/Curtiss/Aero2.htm (1614 words)

	Curtiss-Wright Corporation - Curtiss 1910-1920 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Curtiss rebuilt the airplane, and Manly, the original engine designer, refurbished it, and the craft was restored to near its original condition.
		Curtiss had been thinking about such a flight as his flying boats became bigger and more reliable.
		Curtiss had become the world's largest aviation company, employing as many as 18,000 at Buffalo and 3,000 at Hammondsport.
	www.curtisswright.com /history/1910-1920.asp (1330 words)

	Curtiss-Wright Corporation - Curtiss-Wright in the World War I Era (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In 1914 Curtiss hired a young English designer from Sopwith who began work on a new Curtiss biplane called the Model J. Simultaneously, Curtiss designed a similar plane he called the Model N. Both were submitted to the Army in a competition for a military fighter.
		Curtiss flying boats, sold to the Royal Navy, proved to be effective in anti-submarine patrol and eventually aroused the interest of the US Navy.
		Curtiss was chagrined by all this; he was concerned with maintaining his company's leading position in the US He had several good engine designs that were in production, but these were obsolete compared to Wright's work with the Hispano-Suiza and the advent of the Liberty.
	www.curtisswright.com /history/1914-1920.asp (1248 words)

	Curtiss JN4
		The Curtiss JN-4 biplane is possibly America's most famous World War I airplane.
		The Curtiss Airplane Company developed the JN-4 from its 1914 model J that flew reconnaissance against Mexican revolutionaries under Pancho Villa.
		It was a twin-seat (student in front of instructor) dual control biplane developed with the best features of the Curtiss "J" and "N" models.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/cu/Curtiss_JN4.html (223 words)

	Curtiss JN-4D Jenny
		Curtiss added the letter N to the designation because the modified Model J incorporated significant features of his Model N. The designation officially became the JN-2.
		The performance of the JN-2 was less than satisfactory, so Curtiss improved the design with the substitution of unequal span wings (like the original modified Model J), and ailerons on the upper wings only with a wheel to control them in place of the outmoded yoke system.
		At the same time, Curtiss began an extensive marketing campaign highlighting the many civilian applications of the Jenny, which included commuting, photo-mapping, policing, medical use, forest patrol, real estate work, and pleasure flying, proclaiming that "the JN is a good machine for the sportsman.
	www.nasm.si.edu /research/aero/aircraft/curtiss_jn4.htm (1839 words)

	Motorsports Hall of Fame (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Honored by the Motorsports Hall of Fame because of his many quests for speed, Glenn Curtiss is universally renowned as one of the foremost pioneers in U.S. aviation.
		Shortly after the Wright brothers successes in secrecy, Curtiss and his group made a series of publicly recorded flights which thrust the country into the Age of Aviation.
		Glenn Hammond Curtiss is the quintessential symbol of the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America.
	www.mshf.com /hof/curtiss_glenn.htm (373 words)

	Glenn H. Curtiss
		It was here, hard by Lake Keuka in central New York the Curtiss, Dr. Alexander Graham Bell and three associates conducted a long series of successful aeronautical esperiments, marked by the building of the first government dirigible balloon, the invention of the first hydro-airplane, the flying boat and the first amphibian.
		Curtiss was brought here early today from Buffalo where he died suddenly yesterday morning.
		The body was taken to the Curtiss residence.
	www.earlyaviators.com /ecurtiss.htm (1174 words)

	Curtiss Aeroplane Articles - Kelly Aviation Aircraft Library
		The Curtiss Hawk is one of the most famous biplanes of the 1920.
		The carrier based Curtiss Helldiver was a difficult plane to fly and repair, and was rather unpopular with pilots.
		Made by Curtiss Engineering Corp. The NC-4 was actually the first plane to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
	kellyaviation.com /aviation-library/curtiss-aeroplane (204 words)

	ch8-3
		Three pace-setting Curtiss patrol boats designed in the United States, or derived from Curtiss designs, are discussed in the next section, after which the first aircraft to cross the Atlantic Ocean is described.
		Typical of the Curtiss flying boats developed during this period were the twin-engine H-16 and the HS-2L, a scaled-down single-engine version of the H-16.
		The NC boats are discussed here not so much for their advanced design features but rather because one of their number, the NC-4, was the first aircraft to fly across the Atlantic Ocean and thus secured for the type a permanent place in the annals of aviation history.
	www.hq.nasa.gov /pao/History/SP-468/ch8-3.htm (2325 words)

	Welcome to The League of WWI Aviation Historians
		Jack applied to the Curtiss Aviation School in Toronto and was informed that all vacancies had been filled for 1915.
		He was ready to operate a full two months before the Curtiss School and had leaflets printed announcing the opening of his one-aircraft, one-man aviation school in the hope of luring as many surplus candidates as possible from the Curtiss School.
		3 (Naval) Wing was both a training and operational unit and was considered to be England's first long-range strategic bombing force.
	www.overthefront.com /articles/art_malone1.html (2261 words)

	The Virginia Aviation Museum, 1916 SPAD VII
		Glenn A. Curtiss designed a series of aircraft from 1907 through 1915 including the J and N series, features of both series combined into the JN that culminated eventually into the beloved JN-4D Jenny, the most widely-produced trainer of World War I. The nickname "Jenny" was derived by slurring "JN" into "Jenny".
		Curtiss engaged B. Thomas to prepare the J design based on a British Admiralty specification for their Type 137 biplane.
		The Canuck, evolving from the Curtiss JN-3 Jenny, was called a JN-4 despite the fact that a JN-4 had previously been built by the United States in 1916.
	www.eaa231.org /Museum/Jenny/Jenny.htm (593 words)

	Sport Aviator (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Most Curtiss aircraft were single-engine fighters but there were other very famous, and successful, Curtiss airplanes in addition to fighters.
		But Curtiss modified one of their own P-36’s into the Hawk 75R and kept at it until they solved the technical problems.
		This allowed Curtiss and the Army just 19 months to make them all, to train the pilots, to ship them to overseas bases and to get their supply train organized before America went to war on two fronts.
	www.masportaviator.com /ntp_answer.asp (1342 words)

	Information about the Curtiss Jenny Barnstormer
		The Curtiss "Jenny" America's most famous World War I airplane, was developed by combining the best features of the Curtiss "J" and "N" models.
		In response, the Curtiss company of Hammondsport, New York, the main supplier of training aircraft for the Army, developed two prototypes-the Model J and the Model N-both with 90-horsepower (67-kilowatt) engines and designed by Thomas.
		They were equipped with machine guns and bomb racks for advanced training and were assigned to various specialized training groups-bombing, fighter, reconnaissance, and aerial gunnery units.
	www.fiddlersgreen.net /AC/aircraft/Curtiss-MailJenny/info/info.htm (1439 words)

	Photographs 1916-1918 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Curtiss to eliminate all exposed wires and has but two wing posts, was given its second preliminary tests yesterday, when pilot Victor Carlstrom flew over a surveyed mile course at a speed of 119 per hour.
		Note: She learned to fly in a Wright; thus this flight was in a Curtiss with specially-modified controls, two sticks rather than a wheel...
		This rare photo was from the collection of Curtiss employee, Fred Schmitkons, who wrote on the reverse: "140 mph Curtiss Cheesbox," possibly referrng to the unusual locatiion of the radiator under top wing, front.
	glennhcurtiss.com /id41.htm (1574 words)

	K & W Model Airplanes Inc.
		The popular Curtiss JN-4 Jenny is a two-seat trainer that was used during World War I on both sides of the Atlantic in large numbers and became one of the best known airplanes ever to be built..
		The nickname "Jenny", derived from the designation, applies collectively to all variants, although it most often conjures up a picture of the JN-4 models, of which more than 6,440 were built.
		This was later blended in America, with the Curtiss's own Type N, the resultant prototype being known as the JN.
	www.kwmairpl.com.ph /KWPlanesDatasheets.asp?DatasheetCodeQ=RC-37US (360 words)

	List of aircraft of the RAF - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Curtiss Kittyhawk I, II, III, IV - USA - Single engine pursuit -[ USAA Desig.
		Curtiss Mohawk I, II, III, IV - United States built - Single engine, piston - pursuit
		Curtiss Tomahawk I, II - USA - Single engine, piston - pursuit (see Curtiss Mohawk, Kitthawk)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_aircraft_of_the_RAF (1626 words)

	ch3-1
		The aircraft that served as the workhorse for the gypsy pilot was the Curtiss JN-4 or jenny.
		The Curtiss Jennys, however, were available in large numbers following the end of World War I and could be purchased for as little as a few hundred dollars.
		A Curtiss JN-4H with the Wright-Hispano engine is shown in figure 3.1, and the characteristics of this version of the Jenny are given in table II (
	www.hq.nasa.gov /pao/History/SP-468/ch3-1.htm (650 words)

	History of Buffalo
		This is where he develops the R-model airplane which will be the forerunner of the famous Curtiss "Jenny." Curtiss soon moves to a plant he builds on Churchill Street.
		The Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company becomes the largest aircraft manufacturer in the world during World War I and goes public in 1916 with Curtiss as president.
		Curtiss employs 18,000 at its Buffalo facility and 3,000 at its Hammondsport, New York location.
	ah.bfn.org /h/1928.html (2792 words)

	In the cockpit profile: Mr. Curtiss' Jenny Flight Journal - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		From training WW I aviators to criss-crossing the country with the WWI aviators to criss-crossing the country with the barnstormers in the 1920s, the Jenny was to its era what the Piper Cub was to a later time.
		It was a fairly ordinary airplane for those times, but with the heft of the Curtiss Co. behind it, the type achieved a large measure of popularity.
		The original structures were so similar that this really doesn't affect the plane's authenticity, except that Rhinebeck's machine is now the only Jenny around with ailerons on the lower wings as well as the uppers-similar to the late JN-6 variant.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3897/is_199908/ai_n8860851 (1002 words)

	Glenn Curtiss Memorial Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Curtiss Museum, which is always struggling," he said.
		Curtiss' laboratory was on the south shore of Keuka Lake in the Finger Lakes Region.
		Curtiss, a native of Hammondsport, made the first flight of more than a kilometer in 1908.
	www.glenncurtissmemorialpark.com /press.html (3500 words)

	TheHistoryNet \| Aviation History \| Mexican Expedition: 1st Aero Squadron in Pursuit of Pancho Villa
		Below the fabric-covered wings of his Curtiss JN-3 "Jenny" darkness had already obscured the unfamiliar landscape of northern Mexico.
		The entire squadron was transferred to Fort Sill, Okla., where the pilots were issued eight Curtiss JN-2s and charged with learning aerial artillery spotting.
		From the early race to build gliders to the D-Day invasion at Normandy to Nazi Germany’s final surrender, "Silent Wings" reveals the critical role gliders played in World War II offensives.
	www.historynet.com /ahi/blaeropursuitvilla (1051 words)

	Early Military Aviation History in Texas
		The San Diego-trained pilots, being somewhat familiar with the type, promptly began to fly the new Curtiss.
		As a result, the pusher was subject to some hard landings and finally a crash that severely damaged it.
		The Curtiss JN-3 aircraft were not well-suited to flying in the heat, winds and mountains of northern Mexico, and a quarter of the squadron's aircraft were damaged or destroyed on the first flight from Columbus to Casas Grandes, about 90 miles south of the border.
	www.vintageaviation.org /history/texAv.html (2119 words)

	AIRPOWER.CALLIHAN.CC- Curtiss JN-4D Jenny
		The Curtiss JN4 is a series of aircraft built by the Curtiss company of Hammondsport, New York, later the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company.
		Curtiss combined the best features of the model J and model N trainers, built for the Army and Navy, and began producting the JN or "Jenny" series of aircraft in 1915.
		It was widely used during World War I to train beginning pilots, and was known in Canada as the "Canuck", and in the U.S. as the "Jenny".
	airpower.callihan.cc /HTML/Spotlight/JN4D.htm (328 words)

	Motor Transport Corps
		They were ordered to Columbus, New Mexico, arriving with 8 Curtiss JN-3 biplanes, 10 motor trucks and 6 motorcycles.
		Curtiss JN-3 biplanes - or "Jennies" - were flown into Mexico, primarily on scouting and communications missions.
		The squadron flew 540 missions between 15 March and 15 August 1916, the average mission length being 36 miles.
	www.transchool.eustis.army.mil /Museum/MexWar.htm (870 words)

	Origins of Airpower (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The craft in use, the Curtiss JN-3, had insufficient power to climb over the mountains and insufficient strength to withstand unpredictable winds and storms.
		Arnold Collection, box 3, folder 9; a copy of the flight log is also available at the National Air and Space Museum Archives, H. Arnold folder; also see Global Mission, 1-21.
		Arnold's disclosure of the near accident is added at the end of the report in a straightforward paragraph explaining the event.
	www.arnold.af.mil /aedc/bios/daso1.htm (8403 words)

	The FReeper Foxhole Remembers the 1st Aero Squadron and Pancho Villa (1916) - Mar.30th, 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The fliers arrived on April 20, 1916, and found four new Curtiss N-8s, an export version of the JN-4, the latest model of the Jenny.
		The airmen complained so bitterly about their new planes that the N-8s were quickly withdrawn from the border and sent to San Diego, where they were used for training and experimentation.
		Twelve R-2s were delivered to the squadron in May, but the planes, which had been very hastily constructed, were missing vital spare parts and had faulty wiring and leaky fuel tanks.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-vetscor/1373595/posts (7643 words)

	Curtiss JN-4D "Jenny" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The nickname "Jenny" was derived by slurring "JN." The most notable American design of World War I, the Jenny had two careers: trainer and, after the War, barnstormer/air show performer.
		It was one of the most loved early American aircraft, flown by all the famous pilots of the time.
		The classic Curtiss made its public debut in May 1976 at the Watsonville Antique Fly-In in California, where it was unanimously voted the Grand Champion Trophy.
	www.hill.af.mil /museum/photos/Beginnings/Jenny.htm (206 words)

	The Virtual Aviation Museum - Curtiss
		The Curtiss D Pusher was in use in both civil and military roles.
		But when the US entered the war, the Owl seemed not to have the performance neccessary to survive combat, so it was redesignated as coastal sub hunter and liaison aircraft.
		The C46 had a better performance than the famous C47 Dakota, but it was difficult to maintain and had a relatively high loss rate.
	www.luftfahrtmuseum.com /htmi/ith/curtiss.htm (600 words)

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