DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
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WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 77587
First airplane landing on a warship, 18 January 1911
Crewmen and guests examine 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.
Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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