| Research Notes Out-of-work aviators flying
out-of-work airplanes after the Great War. These barnstormers,
as they called themselves, were an American phenomenon - wandering
from east to west, performing in pastures, big city air shows, and
Hollywood dramas.
model of the racer that Jimmy Doolittle
flew to victory in the 1925 Schneider Cup
A Curtiss Jenny rounds a pylon during
the National Guard Speed Race at Miller Field, New York, in 1926.
the Jenny used for training U.S.
pilots during WWI and for mail service, barnstorming and flying
circuses after the war.
Barr was a bush pilot in the '30s and
'40s, carrying passengers, mail, and freight to remote villages,
mining camps, and solitary trappers' cabins. He flew every plane
from the Jenny to the Supercub, made more forced landings than he
could remember, and once rebuilt his wrecked plane himself in order
to fly it out of the wilderness. The Curtiss JN-4
“Jenny” first entered service during WWI as a primary trainer for
the fledgling US Army Air Corps. After the war, surplus Jennys found
fame with enterprising barnstormers who crisscrossed the countryside
performing air shows and giving awe-struck passengers their first
taste of flight. |
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