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NH 82737 First airplane landing on a warship, 18 January 1911

Photo #: NH 82737 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 nears 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. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 82737
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