Origin of the name Jenny for the Curtiss Aeroplane

Lufbery · 22 October 2001, 07:47 AM

Neville Hayes said:

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"If you are still struggling over BRISFIT, try BRIStol FIghTer."

Well, yes, but I also understood that Brisfit was a play on the word "misfit." The idea being that a two-seater fighter was just that.

Cam,

I was surprised to learn that Brisfit was a post-war nickname. OTOH, the Brisfit did serve until sometime in the early '30s.

-Drew

Jim · 22 October 2001, 11:51 AM

The N-9 was a Navy float-plane version. *Does anyone know whether any of these were used in the war and if so whether there might be a way to tell from the serial number of one whether it was used there. *I have a data plate from one and am curious. *Thanks, *Jim