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2012
Ely’s Daring Deed
Posted by HW on 14 Nov 2012 /
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Published on November 14, 2012 On November 14, 1910, the light cruiser USS Birmingham was at anchor in the harbor at Hampton Roads, Virginia. On its foredeck, a makeshift wooden platform had been constructed and a Curtiss Pusher aeroplane had been hoisted aboard for the tests. The plane’s pilot, Eugene Ely, ran up his engine [...]
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