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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. |
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