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Born-digital video recording of an oral history with Iva Metz and interviewer Geoff Nunn, recorded as part of The Museum of Flight Oral History Program, November 1, 2019.

Photograph of a Curtiss Model D aircraft, piloted by Eugene Ely, taking off from the USS Pennsylvania, San Francisco Bay, California, January 18, 1911. A large crowd of sailors watches from the ship.

Photograph of a Curtiss Model D aircraft, piloted by Eugene Ely, landing on the USS Pennsylvania, San Francisco Bay, California, January 18, 1911. This is credited as the first successful shipboard landing of an aircraft.

Photographic postcard of people with a U.S. Navy Curtiss F Boat aircraft, circa 1913-1915.Inscription: "U.S.N. Flying boat."Embossed on photograph: "H. M. Benner, Hammondsport, N.Y."

Photographic negative of a U.S. Navy serviceman with a General Motors FM-2 Wildcat aircraft, Guam, circa 1944-1950.

Photographic group portrait of U.S. Navy servicemen at a military base, Guam, circa 1944-1950. An aircraft is partially visible on the left.

Photographic negative of U.S. Navy serviceman Elmer A. Ball outside the Princeton Memorial Chapel, Guam, circa 1944-1950.

Photographic negative of two U.S. Navy servicemen in the base paint shop, Guam, circa 1944-1950. The sign on the pole reads: "Paint Shop / No work done without permission from Engineering Officer."

Photographic group portrait of U.S. Navy servicemen at a military base, Guam, circa 1944-1950.

Photographic negative of a Quonset hut with a garden and small picket fence, Guam, circa 1944-1950. The sign on the hut reads: "CPO2."