| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | "A9056" |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk |
| Aircraft Version: | Curtiss F9C-2 Sparrowhawk |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Washington - Dulles InternationalMap |
| Region / Country: | Virginia, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: KIAD IATA: IAD Local: IAD Other: - |
| Collection: | National Air and Space Museum (Smithsonian) - Udvar-Hazy Center |
| Photo Date: | 1 May 2016 |
| Photo by: | Peter de Jong |
| Photo ID: | 43296 |
| Photo Comment |
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Trapeze artist! The sole surviving F9C represents one of the more unlikely ideas in aviation history: the use of airships as aircraft carriers. This photo is copyright © Peter de Jong, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 17 February 2018, and has since been viewed 169 times. |