Photo #: NH 77563
First airplane takeoff from a warship,
14 November 1910
Eugene B. Ely flies his Curtiss pusher airplane off the deck
of USS Birmingham (Scout Cruiser # 2), in Hampton Roads,
Virginia, during the afternoon of 14 November 1910.
USS Roe (Destroyer # 24) is visible beyond Birmingham's
bow, acting as plane guard.
Note that Birmingham's anchor is in the process of being
hoisted.
Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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