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Photo #: NH 104531-A

First airplane landing on a warship
, 18 January 1911

Aviator Eugene Ely flies his Curtiss pusher biplane low over the water off the San Francisco, California, waterfront, probably just before landing on board USS Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser # 4).
Probably photographed from USS West Virginia (Armored Cruiser # 5).

Photo from the 1909-1924 album of Vice Admiral Olaf M. Hustvedt, USN (Retired), who was a Midshipman in USS West Virginia at the time this image was made. Courtesy of Rick Hauck, 2006.

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Image posted 7 January 2007