Photo #: NH 77508
Eugene B. Ely's Curtiss pusher biplane
Is readied for take off from USS Pennsylvania (Armored
Cruiser # 4) for the return flight to Tanforan field, San Francisco,
California, 18 January 1911.
Note that the ship's aircraft platform has now been cleared of
objects and people.
Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 77592
Eugene B. Ely's Curtiss pusher biplane
Takes off from USS Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser # 4)
on the return flight to Tanforan field, San Francisco, California,
18 January 1911. Ely had landed on the ship earlier in the day.
Note the schooner under sail in the distance.
Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 76215
Eugene B. Ely's Curtiss pusher biplane
Takes off from USS Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser # 4)
on the return flight to Tanforan field, San Francisco, California,
18 January 1911. Ely had landed on the ship earlier in the day.
Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 77499
Eugene B. Ely's Curtiss pusher biplane
Taking off from USS Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser # 4)
to return to land, 18 January 1911. Earlier in the day Ely landed
on the ship's deck, the first time an airplane had landed on
a warship.
The ship was then at anchor in San Francisco Bay, California.
Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 77593
Eugene B. Ely's Curtiss pusher biplane
Flies off the aircraft platform on USS Pennsylvania (Armored
Cruiser # 4) to return to Tanforan field, San Francisco, California,
18 January 1911. He had landed on the ship earlier in the day.
Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 77518
Eugene B. Ely
Flies his Curtiss pusher biplane off USS Pennsylvania
(Armored Cruiser # 4) to return to land, 18 January 1911. Earlier
in the day he had landed on the ship, which was 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 77565
Eugene B. Ely's Curtiss pusher biplane
Flying off aircraft platform on USS Pennsylvania (Armored
Cruiser # 4), 18 January 1911. Earlier in the day Ely had landed
on the ship's deck, the first time an airplane alighted on a
warship's deck.
Pennsylvania 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 77517
Eugene B. Ely
Flies his Curtiss pusher biplane off the aircraft platform on
USS Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser # 4), to return to Tanforan
field, San Francisco, California, on 18 January 1911. He had
landed on the ship earlier in the day.
Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 77520
Eugene B. Ely's Curtiss pusher biplane
Leaves the aircraft platform on USS Pennsylvania (Armored
Cruiser # 4), on the return flight to Tanforan field, San Francisco,
California, 18 January 1911. Ely had landed on the ship earlier
in the day.
Note boats in the foreground, with several photographers working
from them.
Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 77575
Eugene B. Ely's Curtiss pusher biplane
Flies away from USS Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser # 4),
on the return flight to Tanforan field, San Francisco, California,
18 January 1911. Ely had landed on the ship earlier in the day.
Photographed by Charles Weidner.
Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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