Keywords: XF9C-1 before hook on NAN11-81.jpg The Curtiss XF9C-1 Sparrowhawk fighter shortly before it hooks onto the trapeze landing gear of the airship USS Akron ZRS-4 on 3 May 1932 U S Navy Naval Aviation News November 1981 http //www history navy mil/nan/backissues/1980s/1981/Dec81 pdf 1932-05-03 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk USS Akron ZRS-4 |