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[Curtiss Model D aircraft, piloted by Eugene Ely, landing on USS Pennsylvania]
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.
[Walter Brookins' Wright Model B aircraft taxiing across water]
Photograph of Walter Brookins' Wright Model B aircraft taxiing across water, Los Angeles, California, circa 1915. Inscription on envelope: "Walter Brookins' Wright biplane / Griffith Park L.A. / 1915."
[Curtiss Model D aircraft, piloted by Eugene Ely, taking off from USS Pennsylvania]
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.
[Walter Brookins and Archibald Hoxsey with Wright Model B aircraft]
Photograph of Walter Brookins (right) and Arch Hoxsey (left) with Brookins' Wright Model B aircraft, Los Angeles, California, circa 1910. Inscription on envelope: "Walter Brookins and Arch Hoxsey at [illegible] Field / L.A. / 1910."
[Wright Model EX "Vin Fiz" aircraft in low flight over beach]
Photograph of the Wright Model EX "Vin Fiz" aircraft, piloted by Calbraith Perry Rodgers, in low flight over a beach, circa 1911-1912.
[Wreckage of Calbraith Perry Rodgers's Wright Model B aircraft]
Photograph of the wreckage of Calbraith Perry Rodgers's Wright Model B aircraft, Long Beach, California, April 3, 1912. Rodgers was killed in this crash.
[Crowd with wreckage of Calbraith Perry Rodgers's Wright Model B aircraft]
Photograph of a crowd with the wreckage of Calbraith Perry Rodgers's Wright Model B aircraft, Long Beach, California, April 3, 1912. Rodgers was killed in this crash.
[Wreckage of Calbraith Perry Rodgers's Wright Model B aircraft]
Photograph of the wreckage of Calbraith Perry Rodgers's Wright Model B aircraft, Long Beach, California, April 3, 1912. A crowd of people are looking out the windows of the building in the background. Rodgers was killed in this crash.