DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 1831
First airplane takeoff from a warship,
14 November 1910
USS Birmingham (Scout Cruiser # 2) bound for Hampton Roads,
after leaving the Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, with Eugene B.
Ely's Curtiss pusher airplane on board, 14 November 1910.
Ely took his plane off from Birmingham later that afternoon.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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