[Curtiss Model D aircraft, piloted by Eugene Ely, landing on USS Pennsylvania]
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[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
Subject
Extent
1 photograph : black and white ; 7 x 5 in
Format
Rights
Bibliographic Citation
The William S. Luckey Aviation Collection/The Museum of Flight
Identifier
2007-09-24_image_211_01