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NH 1385 First airplane landing on a warship, 18 January 1911

Photo #: NH 1385 First airplane landing on a warship, 18 January 1911
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Title: First airplane landing on a warship, 18 January 1911
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Description: Eugene B. Ely lands his Curtiss pusher biplane on USS Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser # 4), anchored in San Francisco Bay, California. Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 1385
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