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Summary
Photo #: 80-CF-4184-14 Curtiss XF9C-1 Sparrowhawk fighter (Bureau # A8731) Hooks onto the trapeze landing gear of USS Akron (ZRS-4), while landing on the airship, 3 May 1932. Photographed from inside Akron's hangar. Pilot is Lieutenant Howard L. Young, who is reaching out to guide the trapeze's stabilizing arm into a corresponding fitting on the plane's upper wing. Photograph from Department of the Navy collections in the U.S. National Archives.
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Tags
united states
naval history
naval history and heritage command
aircraft carrier landings
curtiss f 9 c sparrowhawk
uss akron zrs 4
aircraft
aerial photographs
Date
03/05/1932
Source
Naval History and Heritage Command
Link
Copyright info
Public Domain