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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