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NH 77508 Eugene B. Ely's Curtiss pusher biplane

Photo #: NH 77508 Eugene B. Ely's Curtiss pusher biplane
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Title: Eugene B. Ely's Curtiss pusher biplane
Description: Is readied for take off from USS Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser # 4) for the return flight to Tanforan field, San Francisco, California, 18 January 1911. Note that the ship's aircraft platform has now been cleared of objects and people. Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 77508
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