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.