Barnstorming
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Barnstorming was a form of entertainment in which stunt pilots performed tricks individually or in groups that were called flying circuses. Devised to "impress people with the skill of pilots and the
A Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" over central Ontario, Canada, c. 1918
An advertising poster for the early flying exhibition team, the Moisant International Aviators
Breitling Wingwalkers
Stunts which were seen at the Marie Meyer Flying Circus, 1924
Curtiss JN Jenny
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The Curtiss JN "Jenny" is a series of biplanes built by the Glenn Curtiss Aeroplane Company of Hammondsport, New York, later the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company. Although the Curtiss JN series was
Barnstorming
…airplane when an annoyed farmer fired a squirrel gun and broke his propeller. During World War I, the United States manufactured a significant number of Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" biplanes to train its military aviators, and almost every American airman learned to fly using the plane. After the war the U.S. federal…
Curtiss JN-4 Jenny, 1918
Curtiss JN-3, the progenitor of the JN-4, deployed to Mexico, around 1916
Curtiss JN-4Ds at Camp Taliaferro, Texas, circa 1918
Converted JN-4 ambulance, operated by the Camp Taliaferro medical teams, around 1918