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here is a lot of vintage aircraft left to be posted from my Images taken at the Rhinebeck Aerdrome a month ago. The aircraft shown here is the 1917 Curtis “Jenny”, its name coming from the model letter JN-4.
These aircraft never saw action in WWI, but somehow it became famous as America’s first wartime airplane. Her main purpose was to train pilots for the Army, Navy, and close to 7,000 were built in Buffalo, NY. After the war hundreds of the planes were sold to the public, and with its 90HP motor and ease of flying, it became a very popular plane. As a matter of fact, Charles Lindbergh’s first plane was a Jenny….. Today there are only 50 Jenny’s left, found mostly in museums, and very few are flown…so this is a rare treat to see this bird up in the sky….
