Curtiss JN Jenny

what is it?

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 originally produced as a training aircraft for the US Army, the "Jenny" (the common nickname derived from "JN") continued after World War I as a civilian aircraft, becoming the "backbone of American postwar [civil] aviation". A version of the plane manufactured in Canada was known as the Curtiss Canuck.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 13.3 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 121 km/htop speed
• size 871 kgmax take-off weight
• built 6,813made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🚗Wingspan of 13.3 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

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introduced

1915

retired

1927

status

retired

number built

6,813

role

trainer

engines

1× Curtiss OX-5

crew

2

length

8.3 m

wingspan

13.3 m

height

3 m

max take-off weight

871 kg

top speed

121 km/h

cruise speed

97 km/h

range

—

ceiling

1,981 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.

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