Fancy a Curtiss Sparrowhawk?

Great Pics,

Thanks a lot.

They will help answer some of my detailing questions. It is those pesky shots from above that are the hard to get ones!

I was not sure if the A/C was still there. I had heard rumor that it had been lent to the Naval Air Museum in Pensacola (only a 9 hour drive from me!) I’ve got to get up to DC sometime and see the NASM Collection. There, and the collection at Dayton.

Those pictures were taken on 23 Dec 06 so it was definately still there then

Being that it is the only existing model of that make, I believe it was built from spares. Most of them were lost when the Akron and Macon went down.

Well, built from the best parts of several surviving aircraft, according to the description on the NASM web site – http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/aero/aircraft/curtiss_f9c.htm

Great Pics,

Thanks a lot.

They will help answer some of my detailing questions. It is those pesky shots from above that are the hard to get ones!

I was not sure if the A/C was still there. I had heard rumor that it had been lent to the Naval Air Museum in Pensacola (only a 9 hour drive from me!) I’ve got to get up to DC sometime and see the NASM Collection. There, and the collection at Dayton.

Being that it is the only existing model of that make, I believe it was built from spares. Most of them were lost when the Akron and Macon went down.

Saw the pics of the Sparrowhawk and just had to do one. Illustration that is. Just running into the problem of not many pics and trying to figure out details like the upper wing roots, windscreen, gunsight, and hand-control hook release mechanism. Here is the currant state of the project.

Initially, I wanted to do the version with no gear and the drop tank undernieth, but tthe only images I could find were way too blurry to attemp any kind of detail. I may still change my mind if I can find more data. I’ve mined the internet for all I could get. I may buy a set of drawings from the Smithsonian NASM .

Any info or source leads would be helpfull.

I have uploaded some pictures of the NASM Sparrowhawk at Dulles last year, you can see them at http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/philip.morten/Sparrowhawk

Saw the pics of the Sparrowhawk and just had to do one. Illustration that is. Just running into the problem of not many pics and trying to figure out details like the upper wing roots, windscreen, gunsight, and hand-control hook release mechanism. Here is the currant state of the project.

Initially, I wanted to do the version with no gear and the drop tank undernieth, but tthe only images I could find were way too blurry to attemp any kind of detail. I may still change my mind if I can find more data. I’ve mined the internet for all I could get. I may buy a set of drawings from the Smithsonian NASM .

Any info or source leads would be helpfull.

The quality of the pictures is amazing. OK the wreckage lies only in a depth of 1000ft. and not in the deep sea, but still … Especially the second pic, I cannot believe it was taken underwater.

I think there is one preserved already.