Photo #: NH 77584
First airplane landing on a warship, 18 January 1911
Ship's crewmen and guests gather around Eugene B. Ely's Curtiss
pusher biplane, shortly after he successfully landed on board
USS Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser # 4). Some of the Sailors
are removing the sandbag and line arresting gear behind the plane.
Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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