http://blog.nasm.si.edu/aviation/eugene-ely-and-the-birth-of-naval-aviation%e2%80%94january-18-1911/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:35:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blog.nasm.si.edu/aviation/eugene-ely-and-the-birth-of-naval-aviation%e2%80%94january-18-1911/comment-page-1/#comment-22739 Aviation News January 19, 2011 « Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club Wed, 02 Mar 2011 04:22:37 +0000 http://blog.nasm.si.edu/?p=2612#comment-22739 [...] memory of The Flying Tigers, and the 70th anniversary of their first combat mission in China. … Eugene Ely and the Birth of Naval Aviation—January 18, 1911 from AirSpace by The National Air and Space Museum In 1909, military aviation began with the [...]

]]> http://blog.nasm.si.edu/aviation/eugene-ely-and-the-birth-of-naval-aviation%e2%80%94january-18-1911/comment-page-1/#comment-21096 Martin Night Sat, 05 Feb 2011 04:35:30 +0000 http://blog.nasm.si.edu/?p=2612#comment-21096 It is true that the USA dominates Naval aviation today, but not many people know that it was the British before WW2 who pioneered aircraft carrier flight wings.

]]> http://blog.nasm.si.edu/aviation/eugene-ely-and-the-birth-of-naval-aviation%e2%80%94january-18-1911/comment-page-1/#comment-19610 Aviation News January 19, 2011 :: N8JW Wed, 19 Jan 2011 09:52:28 +0000 http://blog.nasm.si.edu/?p=2612#comment-19610 [...] Eugene Ely and the Birth of Naval Aviation—January 18, 1911 from AirSpace by The National Air and Space Museum In 1909, military aviation began with the purchase of the Wright Military Flyer by the U.S. Army. The Navy sprouted wings two years later in 1911 with a number of significant firsts. The first U.S Navy officers were trained to fly, the Navy purchased its first airplanes from Glenn Curtiss and the Wrights, and sites for naval aircraft operations were established at Annapolis, Md., and at North Island, San Diego, Ca. But the most the 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. … [...]

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