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A-1 Triad Wire Launch Experiment

Photo of A-1 Triad airplane testing wire launching system
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Caption: Lieutenant Theodore G. Ellyson, the Navy's first aviator, pictured in the cockpit of the A-1 Triad during tests of a wire launching system at Hammondsport, New York. From the earliest days, the Navy sought to perfect shipboard launching systems.
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