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Aviation History
1943
1943 - 0092.PDF
FLIGHT, JAN. 14TH, 1943 Army's AT-9 Transition Trainer Navy's SNC-1 Advanced Trainer Curtiss-Wright fighters, dive-bombers, observation ant military cargo air- planes are conspicuous constantly in the war's headlines. But behind these headlines is another type of Curtiss- Wright ship—the trainer—in which If CKOES OF THE AIR thousands of America's superb fighting pilots today are winning their wings. Twenty-five years of development lie behind these modern training planes —for the world's earliest trainers were the famous "Jennys" of World War I. SECOND PRINTING! Sen<j -Of* fory**r copy of this foscinoting 96- poge history of ovfation by AsianJordonoff, authorof "Your Wings" with illustrations of current fightingtypes. Airplone Division, Curtiss- Wright Corp., Buffalo, N. Y. SS^WRIGHT AIRPLANE DIVISION FIRST 1917«The world-famous Jenny (JN-4D) of World War I. About 5000 were delivered to the U. S. Army Air Corps and cur allies. Maximum speed, 75 m. p. h. 192»vrheCurtissHawk(AT-4) Advanced Trainer. Its 190 H.P. engine gave this ship a high speed of 133 m.p.h.—a cruising speed of 106 m. ph. 1939•The Curtiss Navy Fledg- ling primary trainer (N2C-1). High speed, 108 m.p.h., cruis- ing, 87 m. p. h. Powered with a Wright J-5 engine 19»0»The Curtiss Army Falcon (BT-4)—a basic trainer with a high speed of 140 m. p. h. and a cruising speed of 112 m.p.h.
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