DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 77599
Eugene B. Ely
In flying gear, standing by his Curtiss pusher biplane, circa
1911.
Note the rubber inner tubes worn as a life preserver in case
of a forced water landing.
Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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