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    The Curtiss JN "Jenny" is a series of biplanes built by the Glenn Curtiss Aeroplane Company of Hammondsport, New York, later the Curtiss Aeroplane and...
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    trainer flying boat. In 1914, Curtiss had lured B. Douglas Thomas from Sopwith to design the Model J trainer, which led to the JN-4 two-seat biplane trainer...
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    The Curtiss Twin JN (retrospectively called the Model 1B and also known as the JN-5) was an experimental aircraft built by the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor...
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    The Curtiss JN-6H (Model 1F) was an American biplane trainer aircraft built by Curtiss for the United States Army Air Service during World War I. Developed...
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    and fabric covering. The J-1 was built as a stopgap to supplement the Curtiss JN-4 in production. Charles Healy Day had designed the preceding Sloan H series...
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    Aerobatics given to him by an uncle. Miller took his first flight in a Curtiss JN-4 Jenny in the summer of 1922 at Asbury Park, New Jersey. In 1923 a barnstorming...
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  • reflect reductions in the postage rate. It features the image of the Curtiss JN-4 airplane. The order of the Scott Catalog numbers for these stamps (C1...
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    World War I, the United States manufactured a significant number of Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" biplanes to train its military aviators, and almost every American...
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    Mercury started as an aircraft supply house selling surplus parts for Curtiss JN-4 aircraft flown after World War I. Once the supply of parts ran out, the...
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  • 6H or 6-H can refer to: IATA code for Israir Airlines Curtiss JN-6H JN-6H Jenny; see Curtiss JN-4 Isuzu 6H Engine 6H-SiC, one of the Polymorphs of silicon...
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    for its gondolas. The Curtiss-built gondolas used by Goodyear and Goodrich used modified Curtiss JN-4 fuselages powered by Curtiss OXX engines. The Connecticut...
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    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...
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    the 1956 film Toward the Unknown starring William Holden. A pair of Curtiss JN-4 Jenny biplanes featured in the 1919 silent film The Grim Game which starred...
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    mainstream civil aviation. Notable airplanes of this era include the Curtiss JN 4, Farman F.60 Goliath, and Fokker Trimotor. Notable military airplanes...
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    II Curtiss Hawk III Curtiss Model D Curtiss Falcon Curtiss HS-2L Curtiss JN-4 Curtiss Robin de Havilland Dragon Rapide de Havilland Gipsy Moth de Havilland...
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    newspapers, she was admired by both blacks and whites. She primarily flew Curtiss JN-4 Jenny biplanes and other aircraft that had been army surplus aircraft...
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    moved to Edmonton, a Montreal businessman offered the city of Edmonton a Curtiss JN-4 after he found success in the city's real estate. Mayor Joe Clarke and...
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    World War de Havilland Tiger Moth basic trainer. The larger two-seat Curtiss JN-4 Jenny is a two bay biplane, the extra bay being necessary as overlong...
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    brothers helped him buy a Curtiss JN-4, $2,250 in 1919. The Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" was one of a series of "JN" biplanes built by the Curtiss Aeroplane Company of...
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    S. Army Air Service aircraft arrived with the squadrons. Most of the Curtiss JN-4 Jennys to be used for flight training were shipped in wooden crates by...
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    airline service. At first Mercury Aviation flew World War I surplus Curtiss JN-4 Jenny for sightseeing and charter flights from DeMille Field No. 1 and...
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    Inverted Jenny (category Curtiss-Wright Company)
    postage stamp first issued on May 10, 1918, in which the image of the Curtiss JN-4 airplane in the center of the design is printed upside-down; it is one...
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    to the newly opened Kelly Field No. 2 where they began training with Curtiss JN-4 Jennys as a school squadron. Deployed to England in late November 1917...
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    University of Toronto/Université Laval. Retrieved 24 January 2015. "Curtiss JN-4 "Canuck"". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. 2015. Archived from the...
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  • Jenny (1783 ship), an earlier schooner SS Jenny, a Panamanian steamship Curtiss JN-4 or Jenny, a biplane training aircraft Genoa (sail) or Jenny, a large...
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    Aeromarine 39 Aeromarine 40 Burgess-Dunne Curtiss Autoplane Curtiss F Curtiss FL Curtiss JN-4 Curtiss MF Curtiss N-9 Standard J-1 The Kansas Aviation Museum...
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  • Benjamin D. Thomas (later the company's chief designer), based on his Curtiss JN-4 (which it resembles), and used the 90 hp (67 kW) Austro-Daimler. Twenty-four...
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  • Blériot XI – replica Breese Penguin – replica Champion 7AC Champion Curtiss JN-4 Curtiss Junior Dormoy Bathtub Fokker D.VII – replica Fokker Dr.I – replica...
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  • photography. In 1920, he left the military, purchased a war-surplus Curtiss JN-4 and founded a small airline, ABC Airline (Always Be Careful!), but remained...
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    crash-salvaged Curtiss JN-4 "Canuck" airplane she had restored for training. To reach the airfield, Earhart had to take a bus then walk four miles (6.4 km). Earhart's...
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