Photo #: NH 76511
First airplane takeoff from a warship,
14 November 1910
Eugene B. Ely takes his Curtiss pusher airplane off from the
deck of USS Birmingham (Scout Cruiser # 2), in Hampton
Roads, Virginia, during the afternoon of 14 November 1910.
USS Roe (Destroyer # 24), serving as plane guard, is visible
in the background.
Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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