Curtiss JN-4

...May was discharged from the Royal Naval Air Service and 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 Clark and city council accepted the...

In this article: Carl Ben Eielson, Edmonton, Canada, Royal Naval Air Service, and Alaska

...Army Signal Corps and was named after San Antonio aviator Sidney Johnson Brooks, Jr. Cadet Brooks died on November 13, 1917 when his Curtiss JN-4 nosed down as he prepared to land after a training flight at Kelly Field , TX. He was awarded his...

In this article: Brooks City-Base, Brooks Field, SAM, San Antonio, John F. Kennedy, and World War I

A veteran reconditioned Standard J-1 , which is often confused with the Curtiss JN-4 The Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" is a series of biplane aircraft built by the Curtiss Aeroplane Company of Hammondsport, New York, later the Curtiss Aeroplane and...

In this article: World War I, Glenn Curtiss, Jenny, US Army, Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company, Benjamin D. Foulois, 1st Aero Squadron, and Avro 504

...Hamilton (armament school), North Toronto (Armour Heights , Leaside and Long Branch ), and Deseronto (Mohawk and Rathburn). The Curtiss JN-4 (Jenny) was used for training; 500 Avro 504Ks had been ordered but they were not used before...

In this article: Canada, US Army, Royal Air Force, Great Britain, Texas, and First World War

...company was reorganised as the Standard Aircraft co.. A more significant type was the Standard J series trainer , similar to the Curtiss JN-4, which began with the SJ ' prototype, followed by the production '''J-1 ' (or '''SJ-1), of...

In this article: Standard Aircraft Corporation, New Standard D-25, and World War I

...are 232 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 13, 1918, the first U.S. airmail stamps, featuring a picture of a Curtiss JN-4 biplane, were issued to the public with a face value of 24 cents. (On a few of the...

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...Aircraft in Bath, New York, in 1914 , it was the creation of 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 aircraft, in two...

In this article: Thomas-Morse Aircraft, Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Navy, United States Navy, and New York

...going to make her a daring young aviatrix." Then he had an idea: "Jenny is a nickname for Virginia. I'll name her Jenny Dare." The Curtiss JN-4, known as "Jenny," was made by Curtiss in 1915, and it was filmed by Lee De Forest in Flying...

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...the "inverted Jenny". Photo: PA The American 1918 inverted "Jenny" is one of the most famous stamps in the world. It features a Curtiss JN-4 Jenny in flight, mistakenly printed upside down. Only one sheet of 100 of the 24 cent stamps...

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Last Updated: 2:03PM GMT 17 Feb 2009 The stamp is expected to fetch �150,000 Photo: PA The 1918 "inverted Jenny" stamp depicts a Curtiss JN-4 Jenny plane the wrong way up - one of the most remarkable errors in the history of philately.

In this article: Curtiss JN-4 Jenny, New York, and US