The Canuck is a Curtiss JN-4 built under license by

Canadian Aeroplanes Limited, Toronto, Canada.

This aeroplane is serial number 496 and was made in 1917.

The official designation was JN-4CAN which in military slang soon became

Canuck.

It is not quite a Jenny, which was the JN-4D.

The obvious difference is the rounded rudder and ailerons on all four wings.

The Canuck was not well liked due to the tendency of the longerons to

break as a result of many frequent unusually hard landings by the cadet pilots.

Larger longerons, 2 ailerons, rudder, and a few other internal changes

 makes up the difference between the Canuck and the Jenny.

Although the Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum has some military

aircraft, it is primarily a civilian facility. Thus, Canuck 496 will resign from the Army,

change clothes and become a

Barnstormer.

Removing wings	OX-5 is off
Center section is off	Removing the tail
Tail and stuff	Uncovered fuselage
Landing gear coming off	Waiting for fabric
Uncovering the wings	First piece of fabric
Sewing fuselage fabric parts together	Fuselage is finished
Fixed tail surfaces ready to paint	Tail control surfaces covered
Covering the top wings
Center section installed	Painting the top wings

Mounting the top wings	OX-5 in place
Installation complete	Cowl finished
Ready to paint bottom wings	Mounting bottom wings
setting the rigging of the wings	Hoisted up to install landing gear
Out into the sunshine
	Waiting for the paperwork to be done
Waiting for warmer weather to fly

The weather is warmer now Finally out where it belongs       Ready to give it a go     Tail up on a ground run to be sure it will go straight Goes straight into the wind     Time to go aloft Up we go !     Graceful fly-by for pictures Elegant pose     I don't want to stop yet !! That was FUN !!!!

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