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Photo #: NH 98101 Curtiss XF9C-1 fighter (Bureau # 8731) Photographed on 27 April 1931, probably at Naval Air Station Anacostia, D.C. This experimental airplane was then undergoing flight tests for possible use on board aircraft carriers. It was later converted for operation with airships. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command. Online Image: 80KB; 740 x 595 pixels
Photo #: 80-CF-4184-10 Curtiss XF9C-1 "Sparrowhawk" fighter (Bureau # A8731) Approaches the trapeze landing gear of USS Akron (ZRS-4), while landing on the airship, 3 May 1932. Photographed from inside Akron's hangar. Pilot is Lieutenant Howard L. Young. Photograph from Department of the Navy collections in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 76KB; 740 x 625 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.
Photo #: 80-CF-4184-14 Curtiss XF9C-1 "Sparrowhawk" fighter (Bureau # A8731) Hooks onto the trapeze landing gear of USS Akron (ZRS-4), while landing on the airship, 3 May 1932. Photographed from inside Akron's hangar. Pilot is Lieutenant Howard L. Young, who is reaching out to guide the trapeze's stabilizing arm into a corresponding fitting on the plane's upper wing. Photograph from Department of the Navy collections in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 99KB; 740 x 620 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.
Photo #: 80-G-416534 Curtiss XF9C-1 "Sparrowhawk" fighter (Bureau # A8731) Is lifted into the hangar of USS Akron (ZRS-4), after hooking onto the airship's trapeze landing gear, 3 May 1932. Photographed during exercises over the Atlantic Ocean near Naval Air Station Lakehurst, New Jersey Pilot is Lieutenant Howard L. Young. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 91KB; 740 x 605 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.
Photo #: 80-G-416532 Curtiss XF9C-1 "Sparrowhawk" fighter (Bureau # A8731) Is lifted into the hangar of USS Akron (ZRS-4), after hooking onto the airship's trapeze landing gear, circa May 1932. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 99KB; 740 x 615 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.
Photo #: 80-CF-4184-15 Curtiss XF9C-1 "Sparrowhawk" fighter (Bureau # A8731) Is lifted into the hangar of USS Akron (ZRS-4), after landing on the airship, 3 May 1932. Pilot is Lieutenant Howard L. Young. Photograph from Department of the Navy collections in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 76KB; 740 x 620 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

For more views of F9C aircraft, see:

Curtiss F9C "Sparrowhawk" Fighters.

NOTES:

To the best of our knowledge, the pictures referenced here are all in the Public Domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded and used for any purpose.

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