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NH 77589 First airplane landing on a warship, 18 January 1911

Photo #: NH 77589 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 and guests examine Eugene B. Ely's Curtiss pusher biplane on USS Pennsylvania's aircraft platform, during preparations for his return flight to Tanforan field, San Francisco, California. Note the photographers (with large box cameras) near the platform's after end. Sailors nearby are clearing away sandbags used to help stop the plane as it landed. Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 77589
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