Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk Airship Fighters (Naval Fighters, 79)
Book Details
Author(s)
Richard Hoffman
Publisher
Ginter Books
ISBN / ASIN
0942612795
ISBN-13
9780942612790
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Sales Rank
#753,383
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
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Description
The F9C was the first fighter specifically designed to be dropped from mother airships. The plane would be lowered in the air stream hanging from a trapeze below the airship. The pilot would release the hook mechanism and fly to defend its airship. It would be retrieved inside the airship by hooking again on the trapeze. The Air Force also tried this and it is covered in this book.
