Photo #: NH 84571
Curtiss F9C-2 "Sparrowhawk" fighter,
with its landing gear removed for airship operations
Maneuvers near USS Macon (ZRS-5), while being filmed by
Fox "Movietone News" cameras on 12 October 1934.
The plane's pilot was Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Frederick N.
Kivette, USN.
Courtesy of Richard K. Smith, author of the book "The Airships
Akron & Macon", 1974.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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