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[Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk aircraft being launched from deck of ship]
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2019-03-19_image_005
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The Remi Charles O’Connor Naval Aviation Collection (2019-03-19), Box 1, Folder 10
Description
Photograph of a Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk aircraft, piloted by Remi Charles O'Connor, being launched via catapult from the deck of a ship, July 25, 1947.
Inscription on verso: "This picture is of me just leaving the catapult - airspeed 72 kts in 60 feet. If you look carefully you will notice most of the fellows are covering their ears with their fingers - That's to quiet somewhat the sound of powder charge that sent me off the catapult. 25 July 1947."
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1947-07-25
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O'Connor, Remi Charles, 1918-1999
Air pilots, Military
United States. Navy
Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk
Seaplanes
Ships
Airplanes, Military
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photographic prints
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The Remi Charles O’Connor Naval Aviation Collection/The Museum of Flight
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[Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk aircraft being launched from deck of ship]
, [2019-03-19_image_005]. Museum of Flight Digital Collections, accessed 15/01/2026, https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/nodes/view/21289