Photo #: NH 77510
First airplane landing on a warship, 18 January 1911
Eugene B. Ely's Curtiss pusher biplane on board USS Pennsylvania
(Armored Cruiser # 4), just after his successful landing. Crewmen
and guests are crowding around the plane, while other Sailors
are removing the sandbag and line arresting gear behind it.
Ely and his wife, Mabel, are in the center, standing just in
front of the plane's right wing. She is reported to have greeted
him by exclaiming "Oh, boy! I knew you could do it."
Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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