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Eugene Burton Ely (October 21, 1886 – October 19, 1911) was an American aviation pioneer, credited with the first shipboard aircraft takeoff and landing.
Jan 18, 2011 · But the most dramatic demonstration that the skies and the seas were now joined occurred on January 18, 1911, when Eugene Burton Ely made the first successful landing and take-off from a naval vessel.
Dec 28, 2021 · Eugene Burton Ely, a civilian pilot from Iowa, became the first man to take off from the deck of a ship. He flew a Curtiss Model D bi-plane from a platform constructed on the bow of the cruiser USS Birmingham at Hampton Roads, Virginia, on November 14, 1910.
Tucked away in a corner of the Smithsonian's vast Air and Space Museum in Washington, D. C., is a small exhibit honoring Eugene B. Ely (1886–1911), the first man to land on and take off from a naval vessel.
Eugene Burton Ely Joined the Curtiss Exhibition Team and performed successful exhibition flights at numerous events. He was one of the team’s star performers and was awarded the Aero Club of America’s Pilots Certificate No. 17.
In 1933, President Herbert Hoover posthumously awarded Eugene Burton Ely the Distinguished Flying Cross for his many pioneering and historic aviation achievements. The State of California and its National Guard proudly claims Eugene Burton Ely as one of their own..
Apr 25, 2024 · What is known in the popular history of Eugene Ely and his two pioneering flights that began what we know today as the beginning of Naval Aviation is almost hidden by the book’s detailed...
