First Aircraft Carrier

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Photos of the Navy's 1st aircraft carrier Eugene Ely takes his Curtiss pusher airplane off from the deck of USS Birmingham on 14 November 1910. It was the First airplane takeoff from a warship. He flew for two miles before landing on Willoughby Spit beach. It was a big success and so they decided to continue the experiment. But this time, a plane had to land on a ship. It happens on 18 January 1911, Eugene Ely lands with the same plane on USS Pennsylvania, making this first landing on a warship in history and a historical event.

























contributed by Walt Quist


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Created on ... August 21, 2009