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NH 44215 "Curtiss pusher on wire launching device," Curtiss A-1 aircraft test launch

"Curtiss pusher on wire launching device," Curtiss A-1 aircraft test launch
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Title: "Curtiss pusher on wire launching device," Curtiss A-1 aircraft test launch
Caption: With Lieutenant T.G. Ellyson at the controls, prepares for a test launching from an elevated platform along a descending wire cable, at Hammondsport, New York, summer 1911. This was an early attempt to produce a shipboard aircraft launching arrangement.
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Catalog #: NH 44215
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
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After this Year: 1910
Before this Year: 1919
Original Medium: BW Photo
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