#Curtiss JN Jenny

[littlewestern]

I imagine with planes and their crews, there's a range from "co-worker" to "best beloved" depending on their job/how many crews they've had/single pilot vs. a whole crew/etc. Where do the MSI planes fit in on that spectrum?

Sure! So within the letterverse, we've generally avoided talking about them, but a large majority of the engines in tfissab owe their preservation to at least one named and well-known individual, though usually not their pilot/driver/captain. We don't talk about them in-canon because doing so veers into rpf territory and puts words into the mouths of people we did not know. Plus our stories are about the engines, and that's what we want to focus on. Generally speaking, vehicles like their people and can form close bonds with their crews, but it's most often a strictly professional relationship. Regardless of how people view them, vehicles have to take a longer view of things, and they know that humans don't live as long as they do.

Of course, that doesn't mean the engines don't have opinions on their people, and we do reference them obliquely in some cases. This is a nice opportunity to talk about that!

Far and away my favorite is Captain William Norwood, United's first black pilot who did actually fly our 727 several times during her service life and which now bears his name on the fuselage.

Though she wouldn't have considered Captain Norwood "her" pilot (if there can be such a thing in a commercial airline service as long as hers). 727 is proud to bear his name as a face for the company and as part of an exhibit that is designed to inspire children to follow their dreams, especially as it pertains to the future of science and industry. It's a great story, and I love the way it's tied to the exhibit. You can watch an interview with Captain Norwood on one of the video screens with the plane right there up close, it's a great setup.

Also mentioned directly in their exhibits are Jenny and Texaco's pilots! And these two Texaco and Jenny would consider "their" pilots, as their service lives were much more closely tied to them and these planes' crews were just One Guy, so it was easier to form longterm bonds.

Texaco's pilot and the one who flew her to those 200+ records I talked about was Frank Hawks. He flew multiple Texaco planes, but far and away the most famous of them is our own Texaco 13.

I think Texaco would consider him to be The Greatest and Coolest Pilot in All The World, but that would moreso be because she was never flown by anyone else. No one points out that he also did crash her and that's why she's here at the museum and not preserved in some private collection, most likely, but she won't hear a word about it. She likes it at the MSI anyway!

In contrast, Jenny's relationship with her last pilot, John L. Brown (photo unavailable, sadly!) was definitely more of a boss/employee type deal. In a way, both Jenny and John would have benefited from their commercial endeavors, as John apparently used to offer rides in exchange for fuel for the plane. When he decided to leave her at the MSI, I have to imagine Jenny simply took it as a parting-of-the-ways, the naturally diverging paths of business partners. Jenny's a bit mercenary like that.

40B's exhibit mentions *a* pilot which flew that model plane - the impressively named Jack Knight - but unfortunately we don't know about the pilot for the actual 40B at the MSI. This is the same for Stuka and Spitfire. Though we know about the circumstances surrounding these planes' provenances, we don't have any faces to put to them.

What we can say is that Stuka does not think particularly highly of his last crew, the ones who were supposed to destroy him but instead abandoned him in the desert. For obvious reasons, he considers this an act of cowardice. But also like Texaco, his pilot's mistake turned out to be to his benefit. He gets to live here, after all!

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A Curtiss JN "Jenny" flying over USS FLORIDA (BB-30) anchored in the Hudson River, New York.

Date: December 31, 1918.

NARA: 45512475

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Reims, France, Curtiss JN Jenny - Flight Simulator 2020 - City Update II

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"Jenny"

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Some of the many ways the mail has been delivered.

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Curtiss JN-4H Jenny

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TIL about Elizabeth "Bessie" Coleman, a badass aviation pioneer who was the first Black and Native American woman to obtain a pilot's licence. Not sure if the Americans of Tumblr already know about her, but as a Brit I unfortunately did not until now, so I wanted to share her story here! (Image IDs in alt text.)

Born in Texas on January 26, 1892, Bessie was the tenth of thirteen children in a family of sharecroppers. From the age of six, she attended a small, segregated school, where she excelled as a student and eventually won a scholarship to the Missionary Baptist Church School aged 12. When she turned 18, she moved to Langston, Oklahoma to study at the Oklahoma Colored Agricultural and Normal University, but had to drop out after one semester due to financial difficulties and returned to work at the acorn fields back home.

When she was 24, Bessie moved to Chicago, Illinois and worked as a manicurist in a barber shop, where she discovered her passion for aviation after hearing the stories of some of the clients, who had been pilots during World War One. She then decided to become a pilot herself, taking on a second job to save up for flight school. However, no flight schools in the US would admit Black or women students, so another of the barber shop's clients, Robert Abbott - a Black philanthropist and publisher of the Chicago Defender newspaper - suggested that she move to France and learn to fly there. He and Jesse Binga, another Black philanthropist and banker, gave her the financial support to do this, so in November 1920, Bessie set off for France to begin her training.

On June 15, 1921, Bessie Coleman was awarded an international pilot's licence by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, becoming both the first Black woman and the first American to do so. Following this, she returned to the US, but found it difficult to make a living as a pilot, as commercial flight did not yet exist - her only option was to become a stunt (aerobatic) pilot. Once again, the US's racism and misogyny prevented her from receiving stunt training there, so in 1922 she went back to France, and by September that year was back home again for her first stunt flight. On September 3, Labor Day, she became the first Black woman to stage a public flight in the US, flying at a show sponsored by the Chicago Defender and held in honour of the veterans of the all-Black 369th Infantry Regiment of WWI.

Bessie soon became a media sensation, earning herself the nickname "Queen Bess" and performing at air shows across the US and Europe in a Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" biplane (example pictured above). She refused to fly at any shows that did not permit Black people to attend, and went on speaking tours at schools and churches to encourage fellow Black aspiring aviators to take to the skies. Her dream was to open a flight school to train Black pilots, and she tirelessly raised money for this with her shows.

Sadly, on April 30, 1926, while flying with her mechanic William D. Wills, Bessie's plane unexpectedly went out of control and dove into the ground, killing both of them. An investigation revealed that this had been caused by a wrench that had been accidentally left in the plane and had jammed its controls. It was a devastating loss, and her funeral, which was held in Chicago and led by Ida B. Wells, was attended by around 10,000 people. In 1929, the Bessie Coleman Aero Club was founded to continue her work promoting Black participation in aviation, and to this day there are several scholarships in her name aimed at high school students interested in careers in aviation.

"I knew we had no aviators, so I thought it my duty to risk my life to learn." - Bessie Coleman

Fly high, Queen Bess, blue skies forever! 🛩💙

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The Stinson Sisters – Celebrating American heroes and distinguished aviators 🇺🇸

Katherine Stinson & Marjorie Stinson

6 Facts of 2 of the most significant contributors to airpower:

- In 1916, they opened their own flying school in San Antonio, TX and trained over 80 men headed to serve in WWI

- Marjorie became known as “The Flying Schoolmarm” and her students as “The Texas Escadrille”

- Katherine flew a Curtiss JN-4D Jenny for fundraising tours for the Red Cross during WWI

- In 1915, Marjorie was the 1st woman to be accepted into the U.S. Aviation Reserve Corps

- Marjorie became a draftsperson in the Aeronautical Division of the Navy

- Katherine was the 1st woman to perform a loop, made several endurance record flights and was the 1stwoman to be authorized to carry U.S. mail

📸 National Air & Space Museum

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Curtiss JN-4H Jenny. With airmail pilot Eddie Gardner. Post Office Department mailplane in 1918

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Rare Francobolli: A Collector's Treasure in 2024

Francobolli Rari: Un Viaggio Attraverso i Tesori della Filatelia

La filatelia, l'arte di collezionare francobolli, è un hobby che affascina milioni di persone in tutto il mondo. Tuttavia, tra tutti i francobolli che un collezionista può possedere, ce ne sono alcuni che spiccano per la loro rarità e valore straordinario. Questi "francobolli rari" sono i gioielli della corona per qualsiasi collezione, spesso circondati da storie affascinanti e un'aura di mistero. In questo articolo, esploreremo alcuni dei francobolli più rari e preziosi mai creati, e scopriremo cosa li rende così speciali.

1. Penny Black (Regno Unito, 1840)

Il Penny Black è celebre per essere il primo francobollo adesivo al mondo, emesso nel 1840 nel Regno Unito. Anche se non è particolarmente raro, il suo valore storico lo rende molto ricercato. È caratterizzato dal ritratto della Regina Vittoria e ha un colore nero distintivo.

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2. Treskilling Yellow (Svezia, 1855)

Il Treskilling Yellow è un francobollo svedese famoso per un errore di stampa. Emesso nel 1855, doveva essere verde, ma una partita fu stampata in giallo. Di questa variante esiste solo un esemplare noto, rendendolo uno dei francobolli più rari e costosi del mondo.

3. Inverted Jenny (Stati Uniti, 1918)

L'Inverted Jenny è un esempio iconico di errore di stampa. Emesso negli Stati Uniti nel 1918, presenta un biplano Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" stampato capovolto. Solo 100 esemplari di questo errore sono conosciuti, e ciascuno vale una fortuna.

4. British Guiana 1c Magenta (Guyana Britannica, 1856)

Considerato il francobollo più raro e prezioso al mondo, il British Guiana 1c Magenta è un vero unicorno nel mondo della filatelia. Stampato nel 1856, questo francobollo è l'unico esemplare noto della sua specie. Nel 2014, è stato venduto all'asta per una cifra record di 9,48 milioni di dollari.

5. Mauritius "Post Office" (Mauritius, 1847)

I francobolli "Post Office" di Mauritius, emessi nel 1847, sono tra i più antichi e rari. Ne esistono solo poche decine di esemplari, e sono altamente ricercati per la loro bellezza e storia. Sia la versione rossa da 1 penny che quella blu da 2 penny sono tesori inestimabili per i collezionisti.

Perché i Francobolli Rari Sono Così Valutati?

La rarità di un francobollo può dipendere da diversi fattori, tra cui errori di stampa, tirature limitate, condizioni di conservazione e il loro contesto storico. Un francobollo raro è spesso un pezzo unico di storia, che racconta una storia affascinante o rappresenta un periodo significativo. La domanda tra i collezionisti, combinata con la scarsità di esemplari, fa sì che il valore di questi francobolli possa raggiungere cifre astronomiche.

Come Iniziare a Collezionare Francobolli Rari

Per chi fosse interessato a iniziare una collezione di francobolli rari, ecco alcuni consigli pratici:

Educarsi sulla filatelia: Conoscere la storia e le caratteristiche dei francobolli è fondamentale.

Acquistare da fonti affidabili: Rivolgersi a commercianti di francobolli riconosciuti e partecipare ad aste filateliche di prestigio.

Conservare adeguatamente: Utilizzare album di qualità e condizioni ambientali controllate per preservare i francobolli.

Assicurare la collezione: Una collezione di valore dovrebbe essere adeguatamente assicurata.

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[littlewestern]

okokok this is really vague but i simply must know more about jenny and texaco

excellent character design

Of course! Thanks for your patience with this ask, I wanted to draw them special for it.

Jenny and Texaco are two more of the little planes that live in the Transportation Hall, the JN-4D Curtiss (nicknamed Jenny, though all models of this plane carry the nickname) and the Travel Air Model R Mystery Ship (nicknamed Texaco 13).

the Curtiss JN was the first mass-produced airplane, originally made to train pilots during WWI. After the war, the surplus planes made their way to the civilian market where they were used in everything from mail service to stunt shows. We talk about how the Zephyr service tried to make rail travel accessible to the average person, the Jennies functioned in a similar way, being abundant and simple to train in on account of their original built purpose. Jenny at the MSI was used for aerial stunts, $5 rides, and barnstorming displays. She was flown at the 1933 World's Fair and was then donated to the museum, so she was hanging around when Pioneer and 999 were too, although they wouldn't have interacted back then.

As a stunt plane and strictly commercial engine, Jenny is competitive, shrewd, and occasionally very blunt. She comes from a background and a time period where mincing your words was a waste of precious seconds and good airtime. While retirement has sanded down her more daredevil tendencies, she's not above challenging the other planes to handstand contests or merely just calling them out when she thinks they're acting cowardly. She likes the warplanes well enough, but thinks they're a bit dim for not simply settling their differences with tests of skill rather than might. In a perfect world, 727 would like to confer her powers of delegation to 40B for when she can't be everywhere at once, but given that no one listens to him, that responsibility usually falls to Jenny, whose commanding presence simply cannot be ignored.

In contrast Texaco (affectionately "Tex" to 2903) is a streamlined racing plane. One of only 5 ever built (in secrecy, hence the name of the class being Mystery Ship), the goal of the Travel Air company was to build a civilian plane that could match or surpass the speed of military aircraft and win the National Air Races. In this they succeeded wildly, Texaco broke more than 200 speed and distance records around the world during her time in service for the Texaco oil company.

As you might expect of a former racing plane, Texaco is energetic, relentlessly positive, and highly driven. A fellow student of the school of streamlined construction, she has a great deal of respect and admiration for Pioneer and loves challenging him to race with her, which he graciously bows out of every time. She does show up "racing" alongside him on the big exhibit screens, which they both find highly amusing. In contrast to Jenny's straightforwardness, Texaco sometimes lets her mouth run ahead of her and might take a few tries to get to the point if she doesn't lose track of it entirely. The other planes don't mind though, and in-fact love her for it (Jenny especially).

Glad to be able to talk about these two. They're great additions to the cast and a treat to draw. Thanks for the ask!

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Flight Simulator 2020 - Aerobatics on Curtiss JN Jenny

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1918 Curtiss Jenny near Sonoma Valley Airport, CA

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Flight Simulator 2020 - Curtiss JN-4 Jenny flying Sardenha, Italy