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.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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