Historical Events tagged with "uss birmingham"
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Eugene Burton Ely's Historic Aircraft Takeoff
November 14th, 1910 114 years ago
Aviator Eugene Burton Ely made history by executing the first successful takeoff from a naval ship, the USS Birmingham, using a Curtiss pusher aircraft in Hampton Roads, Virginia. This momentous flight resulted from a specially constructed makeshift flight deck on the ship, designed to accommodate this groundbreaking aviation test. Ely's remarkable achievement took place amidst the burgeoning era of military aviation and set the stage for future developments in naval air power.
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