A U.S. Navy Curtiss F9C-2 "Sparrowhawk" fighter about to hook onto the aircraft trapeze of USS <i>Akron</i> (ZRS-4), circa 1932-1933. Note the configuration of Akron's trapeze, which had been modified from its original arrangement in mid-1932.
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between 1932 and 1933 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1932-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1932-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1933-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
U.S. Navy Naval Historical Center photograph <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/ac-usn22/f-types/f9c-d.htm">NH 77427</a>