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 77505
First airplane landing on a warship, 18 January 1911
Eugene B. Ely's Curtiss pusher biplane on USS Pennsylvania's
aircraft platform, during preparations for his return flight
to Tanforan field, San Francisco, California. The plane has been
turned around to face aft.
Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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