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