“At 11:01 a.m., (January 18, 1911) Eugene Ely (1886-1911), flying a Curtiss Pusher, landed on a specially built platform aboard the armoed cruiser USS Pennsylvania at anchor in San Francisco Bay.”
A black and white photograph of the event is provided.
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