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112 years ago today, a first in Naval Aviation #18028428 01/18/23
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 37,848 San Antonio TX Birdwatcher OP Campfire 'Bwana
OP Birdwatcher Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 37,848 San Antonio TX	Eugene Burton Eli lands an airplane on a ship. https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/18-january-1911/ This is the plane landing, the prop is in back. Arresting hook to catch on ropes between pairs of sandbags “precisely weighed so that the Curtis would not slew to one side” 🙂 "...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744

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Re: 112 years ago today, a first in Naval Aviation Birdwatcher #18028461 01/18/23
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DigitalDan Campfire Kahuna Joined: May 2004 Posts: 56,035 In the Swamps	And now we have thousands of belly button pilots! Seriously, every step in aviation has had a first step, and this was one was quite remarkable. 8 years after Wilbur and Orville leaped into the sky. 36 years later we went supersonic.... I am..........disturbed. Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain

Re: 112 years ago today, a first in Naval Aviation Birdwatcher #18028469 01/18/23
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OP Birdwatcher Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 37,848 San Antonio TX	Nother shot from the previous November (1910), taking off from a ship. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Burton_Ely Sadly, Mr Ely crashed on 10/19/2011 when he failed to pull out of a dive in time, jumped free of the wreck, died shortly thereafter "...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744

Re: 112 years ago today, a first in Naval Aviation Birdwatcher #18029240 01/19/23
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deltakid Campfire Regular Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 1,963 Eastern WA	I often think about the fact that my grandfather, when he was alive, had seen man go from the first flight at Kitty Hawk to men walking on the moon. If you think about that, it is almost incomrehensible for that much technology advancement in that little time.

Re: 112 years ago today, a first in Naval Aviation Birdwatcher #18029304 01/19/23
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MPat70 Campfire Tracker Joined: Jan 2021 Posts: 5,569 NE Arkansas	Originally Posted by Birdwatcher Nother shot from the previous November (1910), taking off from a ship. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Burton_Ely Sadly, Mr Ely crashed on 10/19/2011 when he failed to pull out of a dive in time, jumped free of the wreck, died shortly thereafter Damn that's purty awesome exactly 100years after he died he did the exact same thing and died again. NOW I don't care who you are, that's accomplishing something! ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ

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Re: 112 years ago today, a first in Naval Aviation Birdwatcher #18029624 01/19/23
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Dess Campfire Tracker D Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 4,842 Galt's Gulch Colorado	My hat is off to the guys who fought the enemy, fatigue, damage, and wounds to successfully land a crippled plane in WWII. Amazing. For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: "If a man will not work, he shall not eat." 2 Thessalonians 3:10

Re: 112 years ago today, a first in Naval Aviation deltakid #18029669 01/19/23
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LRoyJetson Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 7,886	Originally Posted by deltakid I often think about the fact that my grandfather, when he was alive, had seen man go from the first flight at Kitty Hawk to men walking on the moon. If you think about that, it is almost incomrehensible for that much technology advancement in that little time. Amazing ! Roy What this world needs is a few more Rednecks. The Dildō Of Consequence Rarely Arrives Lubed

Re: 112 years ago today, a first in Naval Aviation Birdwatcher #18029894 01/19/23
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g5m Campfire Ranger G Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 19,495 desert	Originally Posted by Birdwatcher Nother shot from the previous November (1910), taking off from a ship. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Burton_Ely Sadly, Mr Ely crashed on 10/19/2011 when he failed to pull out of a dive in time, jumped free of the wreck, died shortly thereafter I believe he died in 1911, Birdy. Got away from the wreck and died of a broken neck. Retired cat herder.

Re: 112 years ago today, a first in Naval Aviation deltakid #18030046 01/19/23
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MickeyD Campfire Regular M Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 2,072 Back home in Idaho	Originally Posted by deltakid I often think about the fact that my grandfather, when he was alive, had seen man go from the first flight at Kitty Hawk to men walking on the moon. If you think about that, it is almost incomrehensible for that much technology advancement in that little time. I, too, have often thought about the technological changes my grandfather saw in his lifetime. He was born in 1856 and died in 1955. A short list: trains, electricity, lightbulbs, indoor plumbing, toilet paper, horseless carriages, Wright bros first flight, radio, television, atomic bombs, super sonic jets..... Simply mind blowing and all within the lifetime of a single generation. ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~

Re: 112 years ago today, a first in Naval Aviation Birdwatcher #18030080 01/19/23
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las Campfire 'Bwana L Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 32,027 Kenai Peninsula, AK	My wife's grandmother moved to MT from CO in a horse drawn Conestoga. She flew for the first time in 1978, to Alaska from Miles City in a jet (2 actually) passenger plane, to our wedding. The only true cost of having a dog is its death.

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Re: 112 years ago today, a first in Naval Aviation Birdwatcher #18030134 01/19/23
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 42,583 Orange Park, Florida jorgeI Campfire 'Bwana
jorgeI Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 42,583 Orange Park, Florida	Any and all interested in Naval Aviation, you owe it to yourself to visit the museum at NAS Pensacola.. Truly an amazing place. A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”

Re: 112 years ago today, a first in Naval Aviation Birdwatcher #18030528 01/19/23
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navlav8r Campfire Ranger N Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 15,606 ms	The first guy to perform a “proof of concept” about carrier aviation. It’s one thing to propose something and talk about it; it’s another thing to take bull by the horns and actually do it for the first time. 🫡 Jorge is right about the museum at NAS Pensacola. NRA Life,Endowment,Patron or Benefactor since '72.

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