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19-NS-L6: USS Langley (CV-1), 1923

19-NS-L6: USS Langley (CV 1), 1923. Runways are shown in place with Vought AS-1 or VE-7, July 10, 1923. Caption expansion, “Putting a small plane on the elevator, crew lands plane on after end of portable skids, then plane is pushed up incline on elevator by hand, a most unfortunate design.” Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2014/07/2)
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Caption: USS Langley (CV-1), 1923. Runways are shown in place with Vought AS-1 or VE-7, July 10, 1923. Caption expansion, “Putting a small plane on the elevator, crew lands plane on after end of portable skids, then plane is pushed up incline on elevator by hand, a most unfortunate design.” Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2014/07/2)
Accession #: 19-NS-L6
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