Photo #: NH 76510
First airplane landing on a warship,
18 January 1911
Eugene B. Ely's Curtiss pusher airplane approaches the landing
platform on USS Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser # 4), in
San Francisco Bay, California, 18 January 1911.
Another armored cruiser is anchored beyond Pennsylvania.
Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 1385
First airplane landing on a warship, 18 January 1911
Eugene B. Ely lands his Curtiss pusher biplane on USS Pennsylvania
(Armored Cruiser # 4), anchored in San Francisco Bay, California.
Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 77498
First airplane landing on a warship, 18 January 1911
Eugene B. Ely lands his Curtiss pusher biplane on USS Pennsylvania
(Armored Cruiser # 4), which was anchored in San Francisco Bay,
California.
The San Francisco waterfront is visible in the left distance.
Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 77574
First airplane landing on a warship, 18 January 1911
Eugene B. Ely lands his Curtiss pusher biplane on USS Pennsylvania
(Armored Cruiser # 4), which was anchored in San Francisco Bay,
California.
Photographed by Weidner.
Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 77582
First airplane landing on a warship, 18 January 1911
Eugene B. Ely's Curtiss pusher biplane approaches 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.
Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 82737
First airplane landing on a warship, 18 January 1911
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 Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 77500
First airplane landing on a warship, 18 January 1911
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.
Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 77507
First airplane landing on a warship, 18 January 1911
Eugene B. Ely's Curtiss pusher biplane about to touch down 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 the arresting system, consisting of lines stretched across
the platform, with sandbag weights at each end. The lines, which
were to be engaged by hooks on the airplane, were held above
the deck by two rows of boards laid fore and aft. Canvas awnings
were erected on both sides of the platform to catch the plane
(and pilot) if it veered over the edge.
Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 77607
First airplane landing on a warship, 18 January 1911
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 Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 77501
First airplane landing on a warship, 18 January 1911
Eugene B. Ely's Curtiss pusher biplane about to touch down 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.
Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 77608
First airplane landing on a warship, 18 January 1911
Eugene B. Ely's Curtiss pusher biplane lands aboard USS Pennsylvania
(Armored Cruiser # 4), during the morning of 18 January 1911.
The ship was then anchored in San Francisco Bay, California.
The plane has now caught the first lines of the arresting gear,
and sandbags at the ends of the lines are being pulled along
the landing platform as the plane moves forward.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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