Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk
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The Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk is a light 1930s biplane fighter aircraft that was carried by the United States Navy airships USS Akron and Macon. It is an example of a parasite fighter, a small airplane
F9C Sparrowhawk
An F9C-2 captures the trapeze aboard Macon in 1933
A Sparrowhawk with its undercarriage replaced by an external fuel tank - on deployment, the aircraft, not requiring the use of the undercarriage, would have it removed and replaced with a 30 gallon fuel tank, significantly increasing the aircraft's range
The XF9C-2
Parasite aircraft
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A parasite aircraft is a component of a composite aircraft which is carried aloft and air launched by a larger carrier aircraft or mother ship to support the primary mission of the carrier. The carrie
Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk
…Sparrowhawk is a light 1930s biplane fighter aircraft that was carried by the United States Navy airships USS Akron and Macon. It is an example of a parasite fighter, a small airplane designed to be deployed from a larger aircraft such as an airship or bomber. The concept of fixed-wing aircraft being carried and…
An F-84 Thunderjet hooked on a FICON trapeze beneath its mother ship, circa 1955
Bristol Scout on Porte Baby, 1916
A Sopwith 2F.1 Camel secured under the British HM Airship 23r, 1918