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NH 77583 First airplane landing on a warship, 18 January 1911

Photo #: NH 77583 First airplane landing on a warship, 18 January 1911
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Title: First airplane landing on a warship, 18 January 1911
Description: Eugene B. Ely's Curtiss pusher biplane on board USS Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser # 4), just after his successful landing during the morning of 18 January 1911. The ship was then anchored in San Francisco Bay, California. Ely has now walked out of view, to the left. Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 77583
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