Eric Minoff
Vice President, Head of Department - US
LOT 172
A 1:4 SCALE FLYING MODEL OF A CURTISS JN-4 'JENNY',
Sold for US$9,450 inc. premium
Lot 172
Property from the Collection of Don C. Boulton
A 1:4 SCALE FLYING MODEL OF A CURTISS JN-4 'JENNY',
A 1:4 SCALE FLYING MODEL OF A CURTISS JN-4 'JENNY',
Finely made with full rigging and struts, in American Liver, the fuselage marked 12 Curtiss-Wright Field, nose of fuselage fitted with model flying engine, 12 foot wingspan.
The 'Jenny' was one of a series of 'JN' biplanes built by the Curtiss Aeroplane Company of Hammondsport, New York, later the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company. Although originally produced as a training aircraft for the U.S. Army, the 'Jenny' continued after World War I as a civil aircraft, as it became the backbone of American post-war civil aviation as thousands of surplus 'Jennys' were sold at bargain prices to private owners. Ushering in the barnstorming era that helped awaken the U.S. to civil aviation through much of the 1920s.
The 'Jenny' was one of a series of 'JN' biplanes built by the Curtiss Aeroplane Company of Hammondsport, New York, later the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company. Although originally produced as a training aircraft for the U.S. Army, the 'Jenny' continued after World War I as a civil aircraft, as it became the backbone of American post-war civil aviation as thousands of surplus 'Jennys' were sold at bargain prices to private owners. Ushering in the barnstorming era that helped awaken the U.S. to civil aviation through much of the 1920s.
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