[Curtiss Model D aircraft, piloted by Eugene Ely, landing on USS Pennsylvania]

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Title

[Curtiss Model D aircraft, piloted by Eugene Ely, landing on USS Pennsylvania]

Description

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.

Date

1911-01-18

Extent

1 photograph : black and white ; 7 x 5 in

Bibliographic Citation

The William S. Luckey Aviation Collection/The Museum of Flight

Identifier

2007-09-24_image_211_01