Photo #: NH 77586
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.
Note awnings rigged at the platform edge as a safety measure
in case the plane went over the side while landing on board.
Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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