Introduction And Credits - Model Airways CURTISS JN-4D JENNY Instruction Manual

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PLANS AND INSTRUCTIONS BY BEN LANKFORD, VIENNA, VA
PROTOTYPE MODEL BY BOB WERNER, HOLLYWOOD, FL
Model Airways developed its
The design is based on factory drawings of
along with historical photographs, and photographs of
Jenny's
restored in museums and private owned aircraft that
are still flying today. Because of varying dates on many of the
references, and knowing that changes were made over a peri-
od of time, the design depicted by Model Airways may not
represent any one particular aircraft. Most modifications
found in the various references were minor detail changes,
so the overall design is representative of a typical
Many thanks to the subscribers of the
E-mail List
for their assistance with various details of
the aircraft. The Internet home page address for the list is
http://www.pease1.sr.unh.edu/1/index.html, and the site is
Clockwise from upper left: Interplane Wing Strut Fitting, Carburetor, and Tail Surface
INTRODUCTION
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Jenny
kit between 1999 and 2001.
Jenny
aircraft,
Jenny
World War I Model
and Rigging, as they appear on restored examples of the Jenny airplane
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maintained by Allan Wright. You will find some great informa-
tion and a gallery of some fine WWI models on these pages.
The home page provides instructions for joining the mailing
list if you are interested.
Thanks also to Ken Hyde from Warrenton, VA, an expert builder
and restorer of full-size antique aircraft, including the
Ken answered many questions that had me puzzled while devel-
oping the kit design. Ken, who is 61 years of age at this writing,
is a former American Airlines captain and Boeing 727 pilot.
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Ken's interest in antique planes obviously came from his father,
John "Captain Johnny" Hyde, a barnstormer in the early 1900s.
Ken's latest project is a replica of the Wright 1903 Flyer, which
he intends to fly at Kitty Hawk at 10:35 a.m., December 17,
2003, as the Wright brothers did 100 years earlier.
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Jenny
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