Can you imagine what the pilot was thinking! Remember, these photos are 100 years old!!!!  The aircraft used for these tests still shows Wright Brothers design.

Check out the swing away turret guns on the sides of the USS Pennsylvania….

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 a Willoughby Spit beach.

It was a big success and so they decided to continue experiment. But this time, a plane had to land on a ship.

It happens on 18 January 1911 – 101 years ago, Eugene Ely lands with the same plane on USS Pennsylvania, making this first landing on a warship in history and a historical event.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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