Photo #: NH 77601
First airplane takeoff from a warship,
14 November 1910
Eugene B. Ely flies his Curtiss pusher airplane from USS Birmingham
(Scout Cruiser # 2), in Hampton Roads, Virginia, during the afternoon
of 14 November 1910.
USS Roe (Destroyer # 24), serving as plane guard, is visible
in the background.
Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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