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NH 98131 First airplane takeoff from a warship, 14 November 1910

Photo #: NH 98131 First airplane takeoff from a warship, 14 November 1910
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Title: First airplane takeoff from a warship, 14 November 1910
Description: Eugene B. Ely's Curtiss pusher airplane on the takeoff platform of USS Birmingham (Scout Cruiser # 2), just after it was hoisted aboard by a floating crane. Photograph taken at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, shortly before the flight. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.
Catalog #: NH 98131
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