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NH 77607 First airplane landing on a warship, 18 January 1911

Photo #: NH 77607 First airplane landing on a warship, 18 January 1911
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Title: First airplane landing on a warship, 18 January 1911
Description: Eugene B. Ely's Curtiss pusher biplane about to alight on the landing platform on USS Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser # 4), during the morning of 18 January 1911. The ship was then anchored in San Francisco Bay, California. Note that Ely has his elevator down to compensate for an unexpected updraft the plane encountered as it came over the landing platform's after end. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 77607
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