Navy's 1st Aircraft Carrier 100 yr. Ago

[MikeH]

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,  Eugene Ely lands with the same plane on USS  Pennsylvania, making this first landing on a  warship in history and a historical
event.
 
Note the bicycle Inner tube "Life Jacket".

Photo 1 looks to be an action photo with the prop spinning and the sand bags being dragged by the plane.

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[Sheraz]

Grat find,

Nice piece of history there!

 

[Chris]

That must take some guts, lining up for the first ever carrier take off in an underpowered string-bag plane.