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NH 77499 Eugene B. Ely's Curtiss pusher biplane

Photo #: NH 77499 Eugene B. Ely's Curtiss pusher biplane
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Title: Eugene B. Ely's Curtiss pusher biplane
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Description: Taking off from USS Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser # 4) to return to land, 18 January 1911. Earlier in the day Ely landed on the ship's deck, the first time an airplane had landed on a warship. The ship was then at anchor in San Francisco Bay, California. Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 77499
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