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Photo # 80-G-441979: F9C-2 aircraft hanging from the trapeze of USS Macon, 1933

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-- U.S. NAVY AIRCRAFT -- 1922-1962 DESIGNATION SYSTEM --

USS Macon (ZRS-5), Airship 1933-1935 --
Views of Her Heavier-Than-Air Group


This page features, and provides links to, all the views we have related to USS Macon's embarked airplanes and their personnel.

For additional images on this subject, see:

  • USS Macon (ZRS-5) -- Views of Her Heavier-Than-Air Group (part II).

    For more views of USS Macon, see:

  • USS Macon (ZRS-5), Airship 1933-1935.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: 80-G-441979

    Curtiss F9C-2 "Sparrowhawk" fighter

    (Bureau # 9057), piloted by Lieutenant D. Ward Harrigan, USN

    Hanging from the trapeze of USS Macon (ZRS-5) during flight operations in 1933.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 104KB; 740 x 620 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-441983

    USS Macon (ZRS-5)


    Conducts initial operations with her Curtiss F9C-2 "Sparrowhawk" aircraft, over New Egypt, New Jersey, 7 July 1933.
    The two planes, visible below the airship, were piloted by Lieutenant D. Ward Harrigan and Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Frederick N. Kivette.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 78KB; 740 x 615 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: NH 77433

    USS Macon (ZRS-5)


    One of the airship's Curtiss F9C-2 "Sparrowhawk" fighters hooking on to her trapeze, during flight operations near Naval Air Station Moffett Field, California, in 1934. Photographed from inside Macon's hangar.
    The plane's pilot was Lieutenant Harold B. Miller, USN.

    Courtesy of Harold B. Miller, 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 63KB; 420 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 84571

    Curtiss F9C-2 "Sparrowhawk" fighter
    ,
    with its landing gear removed for airship operations

    Maneuvers near USS Macon (ZRS-5), while being filmed by Fox "Movietone News" cameras on 12 October 1934.
    The plane's pilot was Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Frederick N. Kivette, USN.

    Courtesy of Richard K. Smith, author of the book "The Airships Akron & Macon", 1974.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 88KB; 610 x 675 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 77434

    Curtiss F9C-2 "Sparrowhawk" fighter
    ,
    with its landing gear removed

    Operating at sea with USS Macon (ZRS-5), probably circa 12 October 1934.
    This image is a frame from a motion picture film, taken from Macon.

    Courtesy of Harold B. Miller, 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 52KB; 740 x 520 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 77435

    Curtiss F9C-2 "Sparrowhawk" fighter
    ,
    with its landing gear removed

    Hooking on to the trapeze of USS Macon (ZRS-5), probably circa 12 October 1934.
    This image is a frame from a motion picture film, taken from Macon's control car.

    Courtesy of Harold B. Miller, 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 65KB; 740 x 590 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 77437

    USS Macon (ZRS-5)


    Two of the airship's Curtiss F9C-2 "Sparrowhawk" fighters attached to her trapeze (left) and perch, during flight operations near Naval Air Station Moffett Field, California, 12 October 1934.
    This image is a frame from a motion picture film, taken from an airplane flying alongside Macon.
    The planes' pilots were Lieutenant Harold B. Miller (plane on the trapeze) and Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Frederick N. Kivette (plane on the perch).
    Both planes have their wheel landing gear removed, as was generally the practice when they operated from Macon after 19 July 1934.

    Courtesy of Harold B. Miller, 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 49KB; 740 x 580 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 77436

    USS Macon (ZRS-5)


    Two of the airship's Curtiss F9C-2 "Sparrowhawk" fighters practice a simultaneous drop from her trapeze and perch, during flight operations near Naval Air Station Moffett Field, California, probably circa 12 October 1934.
    This image is a frame from a motion picture film, taken from Macon's lower fin, looking forward.

    Courtesy of Harold B. Miller, 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 72KB; 740 x 565 pixels

     

    For additional images on this subject, see:

  • USS Macon (ZRS-5) -- Views of Her Heavier-Than-Air Group (part II).

    For more views of USS Macon, see:

  • USS Macon (ZRS-5), Airship 1933-1935.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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