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NH 77551 First airplane takeoff from a warship, 14 November 1910

Photo #: NH 77551 First airplane takeoff from a warship, 14 November 1910
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Title: First airplane takeoff from a warship, 14 November 1910
Description: Eugene B. Ely's Curtiss pusher airplane rests on the flying-off platform built over the foredeck of USS Birmingham (Scout Cruiser # 2). Photograph taken at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, shortly before the flight. The floating crane that had lifted the airplane onto the ship is visible at the extreme left. Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 77551
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