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  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
The JN series of aircraft were 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.
The inverted Jenny is a United States postage stamp of 1918 in which a Curtiss JN4 airplane in the center of the design was accidentally printed upside-down.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Curtiss_Jenny   (974 words)

  
 Jennybuilders.org -- Jenny History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The Curtiss JN4-D or "Jenny" as it came to be known occupies a prestigious place in aviation history.
The Jenny was the airplane of choice for most students and was perceived to be safer than either the standard or the Canuck, the latter of which had a reputation for weak construction.
Curtiss then "reconditioned" the aircraft (which often meant just a new paint job) and they were sold on the civilian market at prices ranging between $4000-$5000.
www.jennybuilders.org /static/jennyhistory.html   (2135 words)

  
 Jennybuilders.org - Frequently Asked Questions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The Early Bird Jenny is a 2/3 scale replica of the famous Curtiss Jenny.
The Jenny design is extremely strong and exceeds the design criteria for normal category General Aviation aircraft, however, the Jenny is not designed to withstand the wing loads experienced during aerobatics.
The Jenny is not an aerobatic airplane and it would be very foolish to attempt any manuever which places unusally high loads on of the airframe.
www.jennybuilders.org /static/faq.html   (793 words)

  
 Curtiss JN-4D Jenny
For many, the Jenny would be the first airplane that they would see close-up, and those with a few dollars in hand and their fear in check, typically would make their first flight in a 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.
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)

  
 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)

  
 GLENN H. CURTISS: Founder of The American Aviation Industry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Then the big and little Americas (of 1916-18) and their descendants, the F boats of Felixstowe, from which descend allÂ…trans-Atlantic boats...Then the N.C. boats, first across the Atlantic, and the string of Curtiss record-breakers, and Schneider winners.
And the D-12 engine, from which the Rolls Falcon, and ultimately the Merlin are descended...So far as I know there is nobody in the World who has claim to have influenced aircraft design and production as he did, or had done.
But the capitalists who bought the bogus Wright patents ganged up on Curtiss and `slapped him down,' as they say in the States, and he was too proud to fight back on propaganda.
glennhcurtiss.com   (429 words)

  
 1917 CURTISS JN-4D “Jenny” (Original)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The nickname “Jenny” was derived by slurring “JN” into “Jenny”.
The most notable American design of World War I, Jenny had two careers; as a trainer and after the War as a barnstormer/air show performer.
After World War I, Jennies could be bought for $50, hence their popularity with barnstormers.
www.ohtm.org /jenny.html   (95 words)

  
 vitia » Blog Archive » Response to Curtiss & Jenny   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
You’d give Professor Feenberg a run for his money.) But Clancy was good enough to e-mail me a link to Jenny’s excellent recent thoughts on critical pedagogy, which I’d been lame enough to overlook, and some stuff started to click between what Jenny and Curtiss had to say.
The critical pedagogies that Jenny indicts rely upon a vague rhetoric of individualism and positioning, while actually ignoring individual and institutional context: they are simultaneously solipsistic, generalized, and abstracted from any concrete and particular context.
They ignore what Curtiss points out, namely, that “No matter how clean or dirty your work is, no matter how much or little formal education you require for entry into a career, production does not serve to improve the lives of people, but to increase an impersonal aggregate wealth.
www.vitia.org /wordpress/archives/2004/08/09/response-to-curtiss-jenny   (891 words)

  
 Curtiss JN-4D Jenny on display at the US Air Force Museum in Dayton Ohio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
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.
The Jenny was generally used for primary flight training, but some were equipped with machine guns and bomb racks for advanced training.
The airplane soon became the mainstay of the "Barnstormer" of the 1920s, and some Jennies were still being flown in the 1930s.
www.wpafb.af.mil /museum/early_years/ey2b.htm   (192 words)

  
 FlightSim.Com: Taming The Beast: How To Fly the Curtiss Jenny
However, the Jenny does have a way of telling the pilot what airspeed it's flying at and that is related to the lack of elevator trim.
Since the Jenny has no elevator trim, the amount of back pressure needed to deflect the elevator cannot be changed, so the position of the control stick always corresponds to the deflection of the elevators.
In the Jenny, the key is to memorize the amount of up elevator that gives you about 45-50 knots, then keep the elevator there throughout your approach and use the throttle to control your descent.
www.flightsim.com /cgi/kds?$=main/howto/jenny.htm   (1406 words)

  
 EH.Net Encyclopedia: History of the Aerospace Industry
Glenn Curtiss of New York began selling his own aircraft in 1909, prompting many American aircraft hobbyists to turn entrepreneurial.
When contracts were cancelled with the armistice the industry collapsed, leading to the reconfiguration of every significant aircraft firm.
The post-war glut of light aircraft, like the Curtiss Jenny trainers in America, allowed anyone who dreamed of flying to become a pilot.
eh.net /encyclopedia/?article=bugos.aerospace.industry.history   (3757 words)

  
 HobbyTerra - Excellent scale model kits   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The Curtiss 'Jenny' was the most famous American airplane of the World War I...
The Curtiss N-9H was a seaplane version of the famous Curtiss JN-4 trainer used by the US Air Forces during the WWI...
The Curtiss XF15C-1 was to be a carrier-based fighter combining a traditional piston engine with the new jet engine...
www.hobbyterra.com /brands.asp?item=Olimp+Models   (293 words)

  
 CURTISS JENNY 6   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
CURTISS JENNY PHOTO GALLERY IV #1 A Curtiss JN-4D Jenny, in American military service, in West Lafayette, Indiana, during September 1918.
#1 and #2 The 1916 Curtiss N-9 seaplane, which was based on the Curtiss JN-4B Jenny, first entered American military service in 1917 and was used as a trainer until 1927.
Over 700 of these seaplanes were built, with about 100 produced by Curtiss and about 600 produced by Burgess, under contract.
free.hostdepartment.com /r/roynagl/jenny6.htm   (306 words)

  
 CURTISS JENNY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The Curtiss JN-4 Jenny is a two-seat biplane trainer that was used during World War I by the United States of America and the Royal Canadian Air Force.
The aircraft was developed from the Curtiss Model J, designed by B. Douglas Thomas, and the Curtiss Model N, and two earlier versions of the aircraft were produced, the JN-2 and JN-3, before the first JN-4 flew in 1916.
The Jenny, as version JN-4B, was also used as the basis for the Curtiss N-9 seaplane, which first entered American military service in 1917 and was used as a trainer until 1927.
free.hostdepartment.com /r/roynagl/jenny.htm   (264 words)

  
 1918 Curtiss JN4D "Jenny"
The name "Jenny" was adapted by pilots from the Curtiss "JN" model number.
Due to its popularity and quantity produced the Jenny became the aircraft of Choice for American pilots returning home from war, these pilots purchased the aircraft as surplus from the military and used them to earn a living; the Barnstormer was born.
The museum's Curtiss JN4D has not been flown since the 1920s and is currently being restored to flying condition.
www.goldenageair.org /collection/1918jenny.htm   (199 words)

  
 Glenn Curtiss   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
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.
Curtiss and Wright interests are merged and the new Curtiss-Wright Corporation moves to Buffalo, erecting a new factory (Plant 1) at Kenmore and Vulcan Sts.
ah.bfn.org /h/aero/curt   (1009 words)

  
 Curtiss Jenny 1/16 aircraft model
The Curtiss Jenny combined the best features of the Curtiss J and N models.
Powered by a Curtiss OX-5 in-line V8 water-cooled engine and manned by a crew of two, the Jenny flew at 75 mph.
The Jenny was most often used for basic flight training.
www.scaleautoworks.com /jenny.html   (330 words)

  
 Curtiss "Jenny"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The Curtiss JN series, more popularly known as the "Jenny" series, began in 1914 when the Curtiss J and N series merged.
After the war the Jenny found a second life in the private sector.
From 1920 to 1926 the Jennies became famous for their popularity with barnstormers and wing walkers.
www.cals.lib.ar.us /miller/gallery/jenny.html   (116 words)

  
 FlightSim.Com Feature: Bessie Coleman
You are a rash sky-conqueror piloting a Curtiss Jenny.
The default Curtiss Jenny in the livery of Captain John Gooley.
Two liveries for the default Curtiss Jenny and a revised flying file made by John Murphy.
www.flightsim.com /cgi/kds?$=main/feature/bessie.htm   (1022 words)

  
 Curtis Jenny
The Curtiss Company then began a series of designs designated as J and N. These original designs incorporated the Curtiss control system wherein a fore and aft motion of the Control Column operated the elevators, a wheel worked the rudder, and a shoulder yoke operated the ailerons.
The JN-3 version of this design replaced the original Curtiss controls with the Deperdussin control system in which the wheel operated the ailerons and the rudder was operated by a rudder bar.
This is the version that is referred to when reference is made to the "Jenny".
www.worldwar1.com /dbc/jenny.htm   (440 words)

  
 No. 1693: Curtiss' Motorcycles
They did; and Curtiss, the consummate entrepreneur, has been hailed as a great pioneer of flight ever since.
The dirigible was a success, and Bell learned of the connection between Curtiss and flight when he visited the Curtiss motorcycle booth at a New York City Expo.
It was under Bell's influence that Curtiss drifted away from motorcycles toward flight.
www.uh.edu /engines/epi1693.htm   (605 words)

  
 Should I put ailerons on my Curtiss Jenny? - RC Groups
I'm building the Dare curtiss Jenny, and noticed that in most of my reference photos, it has ailerons.
I have sketched it out on the plans to where I am pretty sure it will be doable, but figured I would be well served to ask some of you guys if anyone had tried it, and if it was even feasible.
While normally I'm a fan of rudder only- my Sterling Jenny was something of a bear on rudder only.
www.rcgroups.com /forums/showthread.php?t=170309   (500 words)

  
 Anybody built/flown the Dare Curtiss Jenny? - RC Groups
Yeah, I noticed that the Wright flyer kit was a little light on the instructions, but I enjoy the challenge of figuring out how to square up and mount 18 vertical braces.
I'm fairly experienced at stick and tissue (but not electrics) and interested in the Dare Jenny but was concerned about the comments in here about their difficulty.
I'm in the middle of building the Scout which I bought because I had heard so much about "laser" kits solving all of life's problems and while it is a nice kit, I find it is definitely not for beginners and I'm no longer convinced that laser kits offer a big improvement.
www.rcgroups.com /forums/showthread.php?t=64342   (1400 words)

  
 Photographs 1915   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
In late 1914 Curtiss produced its Model K flying boat (an enlarged and improved F: three passengers and a Curtiss VX 160 hp engine).
In mid-1915 over 50 were sold to Russia (for $1,010,700; about $45 million in 2002) and demonstrated - after Curtiss agent Ochs was briefly jailed as a suspected spy, having been to Berlin and Vienna - under most trying conditions in Sevastopol by Walter Johnson, Charles Witmer, Purington and Bennett.
The Curtiss Flying Boat, apparently at a military installation...
glennhcurtiss.com /id26.htm   (810 words)

  
 eBay - curtiss jenny, Decorative Collectibles, United States items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Scott #C3 - 24c Curtiss Jenny MINT NH
Lindberg Curtiss Jenny - 1/48th scale (Golden Age)
CURTISS JN-4D "JENNY" - WWI SERIES R/C AIRPLANE
search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=curtiss+jenny&newu=1&...   (362 words)

  
 Curtiss JN4 "Jenny" Images
Ernest Thomas sent these scans of a Curtiss JN4 "Jenny".
The is a Curtiss Jn-4D that was made virtually from scratch.
Mark Miller sent these scans of a Hispano Suissa powered Jenny which is being restored at Rhinebeck NY.
www.wwi-models.org /Photos/USA/JN4   (239 words)

  
 Original Artwork: Gene Jarvis: Curtiss Jenny
At San Diego's Rockwell Field, in 1919, a permanent forest fire patrol was established, equipped with surplus Curtiss Jennies.
In 1924 the Curtiss Exhibition Company flew 100,000 miles -- much of it in Jennies -- conducting aerial photography, carrying passengers, making deliveries and instructing new pilots.
This painting was originally published on the Fleetwood® First Day of Issue U.S. 21¢ Curtiss Jenny Air Mail Postal Card issued September 16, 1978.
www.artworkoriginals.com /EB5TCR67.htm   (328 words)

  
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5) Re: 1/48 Avro 504 and Curtiss Jenny by a1b73869@telus.net 6) Re: 1/48 Avro 504 and Curtiss Jenny by "cameron rile"
The wings are grooved to take the tied together strut pairs, and this needs to be dealt with, but other than this, all that's needed is a little cockpit dressing to make it look like one of today's state of the art kits.
And probably mistake in national markings on the wing, They rather should be wrapped around the wing and without outline, later this fokker was repainted all dark green and with this style of chess-board, but i'm not sure about this.
www.wwi-models.org /mail-archive/archive.2000/2143   (4193 words)

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