Naval Aircraft Factory N3N

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Originally posted by Mark Allen

This one will be difficult as WIX's own N3N expert I'm sure has seen em all, but I'll try to see if at least one image gets a ... "cool, I've not seen that one before" response. It'll be tough though I photoshopped them as best I could as well. As clean and clear as I could get them.
Source National Museum of Naval Aviation, SDASM

Part 1 of 4


An N3N-1 trainer pictured taking off at Naval Reserve Aviation Base NRAB Oakland California


An N3N-1 trainer takes off from an unidentified airfield


An N3N-3 probably pictured on the ground at Naval Air Station NAS Pensacola Florida


An N3N-3 trainer assigned to the US Coast Guard pictured on the ground


An N3N-3 trainer assigned to Naval Air Facility NAF Annapolis Maryland for indoctrination of Naval Academy midshipmen pictured on the water


An N3N-3 trainer pictured in flight over the Pennsylvania countryside


An N3N-3 trainer pictured on the ground probably at Naval Reserve Air Base NRAB Oakland California


N3N NAS Corpus Cristi 1941


Greenbelt Aviation Corporations N3N at Hollister CA in March 1967


Ground personnel guide an N3N-3 trainer used at Naval Air Facility NAF Annapolis Maryland for a Naval Academy midshipmen orientation


Ground personnel prepare to launch an N3N-3 trainer at Naval Air Facility NAF Annapolis Maryland for a Naval Academy midshipmen orientation flight


Ground personnel prepare to launch an N3N-3 trainer at Naval Air Facility NAF Annapolis Maryland for a Naval Academy midshipmen orientation flight

Last edited by Mark Allen M on Sun Feb 02, 2014 11:03 am, edited 3 times in total.

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Part 2 of 4


View of an N3N-3 trainer on makeshift skis at Naval Reserve Aviation Base NRAB Minneapolis Minnesota


View of an N3N-3 trainer in flight near Naval Air Station NAS Anacostia


Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3


Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3


Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-1


N3N-3 with Metalized fuselage


N3N-3 trainer assigned to Naval Air Facility NAF Annapolis Maryland for indoctrination of Naval Academy midshipmen pictured on a cart


N3N-3 trainer assigned to Naval Air Facility NAF Annapolis Maryland for indoctrination of Naval Academy midshipmen pictured on the water


N3N-3 "Yellow Peril"


Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3


N3N-3 Fighting the fire on Mt Diablo in July 1961

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Part 3 of 4


A civilian N3N-3 trainer pictured on the ground at Ottumwa Iowa 1975


A civilian N3N-3 trainer pictured taxiing prior to a flight at Ottumwa Iowa


N3N-1 trainer assigned to VN-1D8 Training Squadron 1 Eighth Naval District on the water at Naval Air Station NAS Pensacola Florida


N3N-1 trainer assigned to VN-7D8 Training Squadron 7 Eighth Naval District is craned onto a cart at Naval Air Station NAS Pensacola Florida


N3N-3 trainer assigned to VN-1D8 Training Squadron 1 Eighth Naval District on the beach at Naval Air Station NAS Pensacola Florida


N3N-3 trainer assigned to VN-7D8 Training Squadron 7 Eighth Naval District is craned out of the water at Naval Air Station NAS Pensacola Florida


An N3N-1 assigned to flight test duties at Naval Air Station NAS Anacostia pictured on the ground


An N3N-1 trainer assinged to VN-2D8 Training Squadron 2 Eighth Naval District pictured at Naval Auxiliary Air Station NAAS Corry Field Florida


An N3N-1 trainer assinged to VN-2D8 Training Squadron 2 Eighth Naval District pictured at Naval Auxiliary Air Station NAAS Corry Field Florida


An N3N-1 trainer pictured on the ground probably at Naval Reserve Air Base NRAB Seattle Washington

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Part 4 of 4


N3N-1 "Yellow Peril" splashes through the waters of Pensacola Bay prior to commencing a training flight


N3N-3 trainers assigned to Naval Air Facility NAF Annapolis MD for indoctrination of Naval Academy midshipmen with engines running ready to commence launching


Students push N3N-1 trainers out of a hangar at Floyd Bennett Field Naval Air Station NAS NewYork


N3N-1 trainers assigned to VN-7D8 Training Squadron 7 Eighth Naval District lined upon the waterfront at Naval Air Station NAS Pensacola Florida


Wartime N3N production for Naval Air force in 1937

And a few nice LIFE images

[N3Njeff]

OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! N3N overload!!!!!! NO I DONT HAVE ALL OF THEM!!!!!!


PIC #10 is our AIRPLANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SaxMan]

Nice pics of NAF Annapolis. The Antenna array you see in the background of plane #35 is still there. The dome of the Maryland state capital is visible in the background next to the front right strut that goes to the float of plane Bureau number #4368. The spire of St. Anne's Church, located at Church Circle in Annapolis is visible just underneath the right horizontal stabilizer of plane 47. If you haven't visited Annapolis, you should. It is hands down the most beautiful state capital in the country.

Also like the pics at Floyd Bennett Field. I believe the hangars where these pics were taken are still intact. I know the NYPD Aviation Division uses one, the Coast Guard uses another, and IIRC, the Berlin Airlift Historical Society bases their C-54 and C-97 out of Floyd Bennett, too. Floyd Bennett Field Trivia: In the 1933 movie King Kong, the airplane that attack Kong are taking off from Floyd Bennett Field.

[okav8r]

Wow, sure would like to see all of those photos, but all I see is a banner that says something about not enough bandwidth

[Mark Allen M]

Sorry, old account I no longer use. That's a free account. The one I use now I pay for. I'll see if I can re-post those photos using my new account.

[okav8r]

Thanks, Mark.
I'm a recent N3N collector, so I'm eager to learn some of the history.

Mike
N45300

[WIX_Archive]

Here's a batch of new ones to make up for the "Snafu". Source, Library of Congress archives.


Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas Aug 1942


Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas Aug 1942


Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas Aug 1942


Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas Aug 1942


Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas Aug 1942


Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas Aug 1942


Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas Aug 1942


Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas Aug 1942


N3N Page Field, Parris Island, S.C. c 1942


N3N Page Field, Parris Island, S.C. c 1942


N3N Page Field, Parris Island, S.C. c 1942


N3N Page Field, Parris Island, S.C. c 1942


N3N Page Field, Parris Island, S.C. c 1942


N3N Page Field, Parris Island, S.C. c 1942

[AG pilot]

Terrific color slides, what detail!

[Baldeagle]

This was just posted on Facebook:



Some neat air-to-air footage of N3Ns doing inverted spins-



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[N3Njeff]

This was just posted on Facebook:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wJ0Lie-D9g

Some neat air-to-air footage of N3Ns doing inverted spins-



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At 1:20 the narrator mentioned that the restriction of Navy aircraft had been lifted for inverted spin only for the N3N, anyone know why?

[N3Njeff]

Here's a batch of new ones to make up for the "Snafu". Source, Library of Congress archives.

Neat that the last pic that Ive seen but never noted until now that the engine breather cap has the Wright logo and not the NAF logo.
I should take a pic of my belt buckle some time............its has the NAF logo from a breather cap on it. I wear it every day.
I will mention I have two other belt buckles but those have data plates on them.

The overhead shot looking down is a pair of N2S junk

[N3Njeff]

My contribution to a wonderful thread on a PERFECT airplane.