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AVIATION First Landing on the Sea

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January 18th 1911 the first  ever landing of an aircraft at sea  ship at sea ~~~~~~~ on a ship took place as PILOT, Eugene  brought his Curtis biplane in a safe landing on the deck of the armored cruiser USSPenylvania in San Francisco Harbor.

BRAVO! Brave Pilot

  2. USS Pennsylvania - First airplane landing on a warship, 18 January 1911 Eugene B. Ely lands his Curtiss pusher biplane on USS Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser # 4), anchored in San Francisco Bay, California. Removed caption read: Photo # NH 1385 Eugene Ely landing on board USS Pennsylvania, in San Francisco Bay, 18 January 1911
  3. First fixed-wing aircraft landing on a warship: Ely landing his plane on board the USS Pennsylvania in San Francisco Bay, January 18, 1911.
  4. One hundred years ago Tuesday, Eugene Ely, a 26-year-old automobile racer-turned-aviator, landed a fragile-looking biplane on the deck of the Navy cruiser Pennsylvania in San Francisco Bay and...
  5. By July, Eugene Ely was flying for the Curtiss aerial demonstration team, a group of colorful early-day aviators whose nationwide exploits often were the first time thousands of Americans witnessed an airplane in flight. Eugene Ely seated in a Curtiss Pusher biplane, with his wife, Mabel (Hall) Ely standing beside him.
  6. First airplane landing on a warship, 18 January 1911 - Eugene B. Ely's Curtiss pusher biplane nears the landing platform on USS Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser No. 4), during the morning of 18 January 1911. The ship was then anchored in San Francisco Bay, California.
  7. Eugene Ely before landing on the USS Pennsylvania, 18 January 1911 After receiving an engineering degree in 1904 from Iowa State University, Ely began a career in the fledging automobile industry as a salesman, mechanic, and racing driver. He taught himself to fly in 1910 and never looked back.
  8. Eugene B. Ely's Curtiss pusher biplane. Flying off aircraft platform on USS Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser # 4), 18 January 1911. Earlier in the day Ely had landed on the ship's deck, the first time an airplane alighted on a warship's deck. Pennsylvania was then anchored in San Francisco Bay, California.
  9. Pennsylvania. (ACR-4) Tinted postcard of USS Pennsylvania, from around 1905-1908. The second USS Pennsylvania (ACR/CA-4), also referred to as Armored Cruiser No. 4, and later renamed Pittsburgh, was a United States Navy armored cruiser, the lead ship of her class. She was originally assigned the name Nebraska but was renamed Pennsylvania on 7 ...
  10. Photo, Print, Drawing [Eugene Ely landing bi-plane on deck of USS PENNSYLVANIA in San Francisco Bay, 1911 Jan. 18] [ b&w film copy neg. ] Full online access to this resource is only available at the Library of Congress. ... Ships, U.S. Govt.; Airplanes 1911; Aircraft carriers; Shelf. Medium 1 photographic print. Call Number/Physical Location ...
  11. Updated Eugene Ely flies his Curtiss Pusher biplane from the USS Birmingham, in Hampton Roads, Virginia, on November 14, 1910. US Navy photo Eugene Ely made the first carrier takeoff on...

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