The Naval Aircraft Factory N2N was an American two-seat open-cockpit
primary training biplane
A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two main wings stacked one above the other. The first powered, controlled aeroplane to fly, the Wright Flyer, used a biplane wing arrangement, as did many aircraft in the early years of aviation. While ...
designed and built by the
Naval Aircraft Factory
The Naval Aircraft Factory (NAF) was established by the United States Navy in 1918 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was created to help solve aircraft supply issues which the United States Department of the Navy, Navy Department faced upon the ...
.
The N2N could be fitted with twin-floats and was powered by a 200 hp
Lawrance J-1
The Lawrance J-1 was an engine developed by Charles Lanier Lawrance and used in American aircraft in the early 1920s. It was a nine-cylinder, air-cooled radial design.
Development
During World War I the Lawrance Aero Engine Company of New Yor ...
radial engine, only three N2N-1s were built.
Variants
;N2N-1
:Three-built later re-designated XN2N-1.
;XN2N-1
:The three N2N-1s re-designated.
Specifications
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1920s United States military trainer aircraft
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Biplanes
Floatplanes
Single-engined piston aircraft