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NH 77585 First airplane landing on a warship, 18 January 1911

Photo #: NH 77585 First airplane landing on a warship, 18 January 1911
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Title: First airplane landing on a warship, 18 January 1911
Description: Crewmen preparing the aircraft platform on USS Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser # 4) for Eugene B. Ely's return flight to Tanforan field, San Francisco, California, shortly after he had landed on board. His Curtiss pusher airplane is visible at the platform's forward end (center). Note that awnings rigged at the platform sides during the landing have now been cleared away. Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 77585
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