VERSION 2 features slight adjustments to tone and hue of some of the colors in order to achieve greater accuracy (namely the yellow-orange varnish). 

This is a repaint for the Curtiss JN-4D Jenny included in the freeware 40th Anniversary Edition addon. This repaint depicts the airworthy original Curtiss JN-4D Jenny s/n 5361, registered as N3073, restored by Ken Hyde (The Wright Experience) of Warrenton, Virginia, and owned and operated by Rick Mantei of Lexington, South Carolina.

This repaint features many external and internal details specifically made to match the real world aircraft, including stenciling, wood, metal and fabric finishes, correct colors across all parts, and some new & adjusted cockpit textures.

This Jenny was one of 585 built under license by Springfield Aircraft Corporation in Springfield, Massachusetts. It was produced as ship number 386 from the Springfield factory and assigned the U.S. Army Signal Corps serial number 5361. I unfortunately don't know much about the aircraft's history, but the remains of the airframe eventually came to be acquired by renowned classic and antique aircraft restorer, Ken Hyde, in the 1970s. By 2015, the project was sold to Rick Mantei of Lexington, South Carolina, who contracted with Ken Hyde and his company, The Wright Experience, located in Warrenton, Virginia, to restore the aircraft to airworthy and authentic 1918 condition. The decision was made to restore the aircraft to be a copy of the incredibly well-preserved Springfield-manufactured Curtiss JN-4D Jenny s/n 4983 displayed at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Thus, it was painted in the same 1918 squadron colors of the 46th Aero Squadron, based at Roosevelt Field, New York. The aircraft's first test flight occurred on December 3, 2016, with Andrew King at the controls. It was likely the first flight the Jenny had made in 98 years.