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NOV 1910 - FIRST AIR CRAFT CARRIER FLIGHT! - USS BIRMINGHAM - OFF THE DECK OF USS PENNSYLVANIA
Nov 1910 - The US Navy was behind Glenn Curtiss's ground breaking take-off test performed from a provisional platform installed on the USS Birmingham on a cloudy morning in November, 1910. This eventful test was followed by an equally impressive landing on a similar ...The pioneer force behind the development of a naval aviation policy was the United States Navy. The US Navy was behind Glenn Curtiss's ground breaking take-off test performed from a provisional platform installed on the USS Birmingham on a cloudy morning in November, 1910. This eventful test was followed by an equally impressive landing on a similar platform aboard the USS Pennsylvania the following January.
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