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My repaint of Fagen Fighters WWII Museum's original airworthy Curtiss JN-4D Jenny is now available on Flightsim.to. This aircraft was originally built at the Curtiss factory in Buffalo, New York with construction number 450, and delivered to the U.S. Army Signal Corps at Taylor Field, located near Montgomery, Alabama, in March 1918. With the Signal Corps, it was assigned serial number 2975. It served as a trainer at Taylor Field until May 1919, when it was sold back to the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corp., minus engine. At the time, it had only 184 flight hours on the clock. Its first civilian owner was a Mr. Garrison, who flew it in the early 1920s until it was wrecked in a crash. The aircraft would however remain in storage with the Garrison family for decades until when it was ultimately acquired by Cole Palen, founder of the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome. In 1972, Ken Hyde of Warrenton, Virginia was able to acquire the unrestored airframe by trading some LeRhone rotary engines to Palen. As a backburner project while working on many other antique and classic aircraft restorations, Ken Hyde spent 16 years restoring the Jenny in exacting detail to as it would have looked when delivered new to the Signal Corps in 1918. This included reusing 75-80% of the original wood, restoring and fitting an original Curtiss-Hammondsport OX-5 engine, and finding all of the original hardware. Among the many rare original items incorporated in the restoration is an aileron pulley which came from Charles Lindbergh's Curtiss Jenny. As per original, the restored aircraft is covered in linen and finished with four coats of clear dope and two coats of varnish. The varnish, which is what gives the fabric its amber color and serves the purpose of waterproofing, was made to original U.S. Army Signal Corps specifications consisting of orange shellac mixed with alcohol. Also, as per original, all metal panels were painted an early version of olive drab, sometimes referred to as "Olive 22". Following completion, in 1987 Ken Hyde flew the Jenny on an epic 780-mile cross-country flight from Virginia to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, where it won that year's Antique Grand Champion award at the annual EAA convention. Following Oshkosh '87, Ken Hyde hoped to be able to track down through research which specific squadron the aircraft actually served with at Taylor Field, since there were four squadrons in all, in order to apply the aircraft's original fuselage markings. However, this goal seems to have never been able to be reached as the fuselage has remained void of markings. In the 2000s, the Jenny was loaned to the Virginia Aviation Museum in Richmond, Virginia, where it was displayed static. In 2014, it was purchased by Fagen Fighters WWII Museum and, following some subsequent restoration, the aircraft was moved to its new home in Granite Falls, Minnesota, where it has since flown and remains airworthy today.

Everything from the many small black metal brackets & fittings, to the interior and exterior fabric, interior and exterior wood, leather straps and metal latches on the cowling, leather around the cockpits, bare metal and painted windscreen framing, etc. was all made to have the right colors/finishes to match the authentic restoration. This included making a lot of adjustments to the many complete map (PBR) files. There is also stenciling around the wings, wing struts and cockpit which match the restoration.













 
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Bomber_12th said:
My repaint of Fagen Fighters WWII Museum's original airworthy Curtiss JN-4D Jenny is now available on Flightsim.to. This aircraft was originally built at the Curtiss factory in Buffalo, New York with construction number 450, and delivered to the U.S. Army Signal Corps at Taylor Field, located near Montgomery, Alabama, in March 1918. With the Signal Corps, it was assigned serial number 2975. It served as a trainer at Taylor Field until May 1919, when it was sold back to the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corp., minus engine. At the time, it had only 184 flight hours on the clock. Its first civilian owner was a Mr. Garrison, who flew it in the early 1920s until it was wrecked in a crash. The aircraft would however remain in storage with the Garrison family for decades until when it was ultimately acquired by Cole Palen, founder of the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome. In 1972, Ken Hyde of Warrenton, Virginia was able to acquire the unrestored airframe by trading some LeRhone rotary engines to Palen. As a backburner project while working on many other antique and classic aircraft restorations, Ken Hyde spent 16 years restoring the Jenny in exacting detail to as it would have looked when delivered new to the Signal Corps in 1918. This included reusing 75-80% of the original wood, restoring and fitting an original Curtiss-Hammondsport OX-5 engine, and finding all of the original hardware. Among the many rare original items incorporated in the restoration is an aileron pulley which came from Charles Lindbergh's Curtiss Jenny. As per original, the restored aircraft is covered in linen and finished with four coats of clear dope and two coats of varnish. The varnish, which is what gives the fabric its amber color and serves the purpose of waterproofing, was made to original U.S. Army Signal Corps specifications consisting of orange shellac mixed with alcohol. Also, as per original, all metal panels were painted an early version of olive drab, sometimes referred to as "Olive 22". Following completion, in 1987 Ken Hyde flew the Jenny on an epic 780-mile cross-country flight from Virginia to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, where it won that year's Antique Grand Champion award at the annual EAA convention. Following Oshkosh '87, Ken Hyde hoped to be able to track down through research which specific squadron the aircraft actually served with at Taylor Field, since there were four squadrons in all, in order to apply the aircraft's original fuselage markings. However, this goal seems to have never been able to be reached as the fuselage has remained void of markings. In the 2000s, the Jenny was loaned to the Virginia Aviation Museum in Richmond, Virginia, where it was displayed static. In 2014, it was purchased by Fagen Fighters WWII Museum and, following some subsequent restoration, the aircraft was moved to its new home in Granite Falls, Minnesota, where it has since flown and remains airworthy today.Everything from the many small black metal brackets & fittings, to the interior and exterior fabric, interior and exterior wood, leather straps and metal latches on the cowling, leather around the cockpits, bare metal and painted windscreen framing, etc. was all made to have the right colors/finishes to match the authentic restoration. This included making a lot of adjustments to the many complete map (PBR) files. There is also stenciling around the wings, wing struts and cockpit which match the restoration.
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Absolutly beautiful .
 
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Took out Tabitha May from Tahiti Faa'a to Bora Bora after downloading some very nice sceneries from flightsim.to. Smooth flight except for Nr.1 engine dying when switching tanks. Had some issues to get it to fire again and lost quite some altitude before I managed to get it going again.

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Thank you, DVJ and Shotgunshack, for the compliments on the Jenny repaint!

I've just got this one uploaded to Flightsim.to as well, which happens to depict another Ken Hyde (The Wright Experience) Curtiss Jenny restoration.

This Jenny was one of 585 built under license by Springfield Aircraft Corporation in Springfield, Massachusetts. It was produced as ship number 386 from the Springfield factory and assigned the U.S. Army Signal Corps serial number 5361. I unfortunately don't know much about the aircraft's history, but the remains of the airframe eventually came to be acquired by renowned classic and antique aircraft restorer, Ken Hyde, in the 1970s. By 2015, the project was sold to Rick Mantei of Lexington, South Carolina, who contracted with Ken Hyde and his company, The Wright Experience, located in Warrenton, Virginia, to restore the aircraft to airworthy and authentic 1918 condition. The decision was made to restore the aircraft to be a copy of the incredibly well-preserved Springfield-manufactured Curtiss JN-4D Jenny s/n 4983 displayed at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Thus, it was painted in the same 1918 squadron colors of the 46th Aero Squadron, based at Roosevelt Field, New York. The aircraft's first test flight occurred on December 3, 2016, with Andrew King at the controls. According to those involved with the restoration, it was likely the first flight the Jenny had made in 98 years.















 
Great story, great repaint, great shots ! Thanks, John ! :encouragement:

Wonderful model, love it !

Pity about the pilot, huh... He should've atleast flipped his cap the wrong way around.. and wear goggles.. and loose the cans... and wear a scarf... https://youtu.be/FJkHzE1jJf0
 
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Been reading the fascinating history of Reeve Aleutian Airways, and was excited to see this DC-3 repaint this morning! There's also a DC-6, so now I'm just hoping someone completes the trifecta of currently available planes and does one for the BR or IniBuilds Goose!

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Been reading the fascinating history of Reeve Aleutian Airways, and was excited to see this DC-3 repaint this morning! There's also a DC-6, so now I'm just hoping someone completes the trifecta of currently available planes and does one for the BR or IniBuilds Goose!

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Here is another Jenny repaint I've just uploaded to Flightsim.to, depicting the JN-4D owned by Kermit Weeks (Fantasy of Flight).

This aircraft was one of 585 Curtiss Jenny trainers built under license by Springfield Aircraft Corporation in Springfield, Massachusetts. Manufactured in 1918, it was given the U.S. Army Signal Corps serial number 5360. In the 1960s it was fully restored by Dan Neuman of Minneapolis, Minnesota, keeping upwards of 95% original parts, and it was flown regularly, registered as N2404 (same registration remains today). By the 1980s, the aircraft was loaned to the EAA Museum at Oshkosh, but was soon sold to Kermit Weeks in 1989. Relocated to the Weeks Air Museum at the Tamiami Airport in Florida, the Jenny was one of many vintage types owned by Weeks which were substantially damaged as a result of Hurricane Andrew in 1992, when the hangar the aircraft were housed in collapsed. Steadily over time, and with the move to Weeks' Fantasy of Flight attraction in Polk City, Florida, a number of those aircraft have been restored back to airworthy again. The Curtiss Jenny is one such project which is still ongoing at this time. Now fully covered and painted, the Jenny has been returned to the same paint scheme it had worn prior to being damaged, that of an early 27th Aero Squadron example that was stationed at Kelly Field, Texas. Matching the restoration, the white tires come from a time in the early 20th century when they were still made using pure natural rubber, mixed with chemicals such as zinc oxide (both white). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbMoRiOMk7s















 
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