And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
It's a Standard J trainer, circa 1916-1918. Very similar to the Jenny. The aircraft used against Pancho Villa were Curtiss NJ-2 biplanes, an earlier variant of the JN-4 "Jenny."
The museum at Pancho Villa State Park in New Mexico has a bi-plane in it, Pershing took them with him in his unsuccessful hunt for Pancho Villa before WW1.
Safety wire? What's that? (just kidding - I still have the safety wire pliers I was issued in 1972 in my tool box) Safety wiring fasteners is a Very Good Idea.
You have to fly this one by feel. There is no forward horizontal visibility; you can't see what's in front of you above or below and to the sides. And the exhaust goes right in your face. Marvelous!
Curtis Jenny?
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Deletede Havilland, possibly a DH84A Tiger Moth, although the engine looks different. The shape of the fin is sort of a company trademark.
DeleteIt's a Standard J trainer, circa 1916-1918. Very similar to the Jenny. The aircraft used against Pancho Villa were Curtiss NJ-2 biplanes, an earlier variant of the JN-4 "Jenny."
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ReplyDeleteThe museum at Pancho Villa State Park in New Mexico has a bi-plane in it, Pershing took them with him in his unsuccessful hunt for Pancho Villa before WW1.
ReplyDeletenot much went well on that endeavor, if I recall my reading accurately.
DeleteCan you even imagine how getting into an aircraft in that time would completely change your view of the world you live in?
ReplyDeleteWe went to an airshow with those old planes.
ReplyDeleteNot one had any kind of safety wire on any bolt.
Safety wire? What's that? (just kidding - I still have the safety wire pliers I was issued in 1972 in my tool box) Safety wiring fasteners is a Very Good Idea.
ReplyDeleteYou have to fly this one by feel. There is no forward horizontal visibility; you can't see what's in front of you above or below and to the sides. And the exhaust goes right in your face. Marvelous!
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