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NH 77510 First airplane landing on a warship, 18 January 1911

Photo #: NH 77510 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: Eugene B. Ely's Curtiss pusher biplane on board USS Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser # 4), just after his successful landing. Crewmen and guests are crowding around the plane, while other Sailors are removing the sandbag and line arresting gear behind it. Ely and his wife, Mabel, are in the center, standing just in front of the plane's right wing. She is reported to have greeted him by exclaiming Oh, boy! I knew you could do it. Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 77510
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