Hats off to the restoration crew. But the information on this Jenny is not correct. A previous owner in Ohio registered this airplane with the FAA years ago as an experimental (as with all JN4s) and simply gave it serial #1. This is a Springfield Aircraft JN built under contract w/ Curtiss. Its really #5137 ordered Oct 18, 1917. This is a beautiful airplane but the story is purely fabricated. The real story is much better and they should be telling that one. No Jenny ever carried #1.
But there was no Curtiss Jenny s/n 1, Curtiss numbered their aircraft consecutively starting with the early planes, so the first Jenny would have had a serial number in the 4 digits. This "s/n 1" must've been given to this aircraft later in its life.
I'm in awe, this is terrific!
03Venture 2 months ago
Hats off to the restoration crew. But the information on this Jenny is not correct. A previous owner in Ohio registered this airplane with the FAA years ago as an experimental (as with all JN4s) and simply gave it serial #1. This is a Springfield Aircraft JN built under contract w/ Curtiss. Its really #5137 ordered Oct 18, 1917. This is a beautiful airplane but the story is purely fabricated. The real story is much better and they should be telling that one. No Jenny ever carried #1.
Barnstormer1926 3 years ago
But there was no Curtiss Jenny s/n 1, Curtiss numbered their aircraft consecutively starting with the early planes, so the first Jenny would have had a serial number in the 4 digits. This "s/n 1" must've been given to this aircraft later in its life.
bldeagle 3 years ago
Great video of the very first Curtiss "Jenny" that came out of the factory. It is simply amazing that this aircraft is still in existence.
alterman156 3 years ago
Congrats to Terry, Tom, Jeremy, and all of the WAAAM family on this awesome event!
And thanks to you Roy for posting this great video.
mrsgiff 3 years ago
Hello Roy,
Just watched part 1 and part 2 of the Jenny flight. You did a great job filming and producing/directing/posting!!!!
It was the best 17 minutes I have ever had on utube.
Suthipholpabhool 3 years ago