Curtiss F9C-2 Sparrowhawk - 写真&ビデオ

カーチス F9C-2 スパロウホーク
国	米国
型	複葉戦闘機
初飛行	1931年2月12日
構築	7+

カーチスF9Cスパローホークは、米国海軍の飛行船USSアクロンとメイコンによって運ばれた1930年代の軽量複葉戦闘機です。これは、パラサイト戦闘機の例であり、飛行船や爆撃機などの大型航空機から展開するように設計された小型飛行機です。

ソース：カーチス F9C-2 スズメホーク・オン・ウィキ

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カメラマン	ウラジーミル・ヤクボフ
ローカライズ	国立航空宇宙博物館 – ウドヴァル・ヘイジー・センター、シャンティイ
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情報
役割	寄生虫戦闘機
メーカー	カーチス・エアプレーン・アンド・モーター・カンパニー
初飛行	1931年2月12日
紹介	1931
引退	1937
作成された数	7 (?)

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カメラマン	グラント・モールトン
ローカライズ	知りません
写真	53

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The Sky-Borne Defender

ザ カーチス F9C-2 スパロウホーク remains one of the most unique aviation experiments in history. It was a “parasite” fighter, designed not to operate from land or sea, but from a “flying aircraft carrier”—the massive helium-filled airships USS Akron そして USS Macon. The Sparrowhawk provided these vulnerable giants with a defensive screen and significantly extended their scouting range. Small, agile, and remarkably compact, it spent its operational life living inside a hangar in the belly of a dirigible, launching and recovering via a mechanical “trapeze” while thousands of feet in the air.

Attribute	Technical Specification (F9C-2)
役割	Parasite Scout / Fighter
乗組員	1 (Pilot)
翼	25 ft 6 in (7.77 m)
パワープラント	1 × Wright R-975-E3 Whirlwind radial
Horsepower	438 hp
最高速度	176 mph (283 km/h)
Endurance	Approx. 3 hours
武装	2 × .30 cal Browning machine guns (fixed in cowl)

Design Engineering: The Skyhook and the “Hangar”

The “Skyhook”: Mounted above the top wing was a sturdy metal frame and a hook. To recover, the pilot had to match the airship’s speed (around 60 mph) and precisely fly the hook onto a horizontal bar on the airship’s trapeze. Once hooked, the plane was hoisted into the internal hangar.
Compact Biplane Layout: The F9C was purposefully small. Its wingspan and height were kept to a minimum so it could fit through the narrow “T” shaped opening in the bottom of the Akron and Macon’s hulls.
Removal of Landing Gear: During scouting missions, pilots often removed the wheel fairings (and sometimes the wheels themselves) and replaced them with an extra fuel tank. Since the planes launched and landed in the air, wheels were only necessary for transit on the ground.
Staggered Wings: The biplane wings were “staggered” (the top wing further forward than the bottom) to provide the pilot with better visibility—critical when trying to spot a moving trapeze bar directly overhead.

Operational History: A Short-Lived Marvel

The Airship Era: The Sparrowhawks served only from 1932 to 1935. They were the stars of the Navy’s “lighter-than-air” program, proving that airships could act as long-range maritime scouts if they carried their own protection.
The Tragedy of the Akron and Macon: Most F9C-2s were lost when their mother ships crashed—the Akron in 1933 and the Macon in 1935. These disasters effectively ended the US Navy’s rigid airship program and the career of the Sparrowhawk.
Mastery of the Trapeze: Landing on the trapeze was considered one of the most difficult feats in naval aviation. Pilots had to contend with the airship’s turbulence and the fact that a missed hook could mean a fatal collision with the hull.
The Lone Survivor: Today, only one original Sparrowhawk remains (A-9056). It is preserved at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, still wearing the distinctive markings of the USS Macon’s scouting squadron.