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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 77567

Aviator Eugene B. Ely


Is congratulated by U.S. Army personnel and civilians at San Francisco, California, after his return flight from USS Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser # 4), 18 January 1911. Earlier in the day Ely had landed on the ship, the first time an airplane alighted on a warship's deck.
Ely is wearing a Pennsylvania cap ribbon around his left arm.

Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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20 December 2002