File:Uss-macon-sparrowhawk-sky-hook-09-2006b.jpg
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This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 09001274. |
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English: the sky hook located at the center of the Curtiss Sparrowhawk F9C-2 biplanes. During flight, the pilot would position the aircraft below the USS Macon’s hanger where a trapeze was lowered to hook the plane. Sparrowhawk pilots were nicknamed the “men on the flying trapeze.” |
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| Source | http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2006/s2708.htm |
| Author | NOAA / MBARI |
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This image is in the public domain because it contains materials that originally came from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, taken or made as part of an employee's official duties.
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| current | 13:12, 23 February 2009 | | 700 × 525 (283 KB) | Bublegun | {{Information |Description={{en|1= the sky hook located at the center of the Curtiss Sparrowhawk F9C-2 biplanes. During flight, the pilot would position the aircraft below the USS Macon’s hanger where a trapeze was lowered to hook the plane. Sparrowhawk |
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