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NH 77591 First airplane landing on a warship, 18 January 1911

Photo #: NH 77591 First airplane landing on a warship, 18 January 1911
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Title: First airplane landing on a warship, 18 January 1911
Description: Guests and crewmen examine and photograph 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. Ely's wife, Mabel, is standing with the photographers in front of the plane. Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 77591
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