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NH 77504 First airplane landing on a warship, 18 January 1911

Photo #: NH 77504 First airplane landing on a warship, 18 January 1911
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Title: First airplane landing on a warship, 18 January 1911
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Description: Crewmen and guests look over Eugene B. Ely's Curtiss pusher biplane on USS Pennsylvania's aircraft platform, soon after it landed on board. Note the Sailor using a camera, in left center. The awnings at the platform's edge were rigged as a safety precaution, to prevent the plane from going over the side if it went off the platform while landing. Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 77504
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