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Eugene Burton Ely was born in Iowa on October 21, 1886. At 18, he began to take a passionate interest in automobiles, and their engines, quickly becoming one of America’s first racing drivers. In 1910, when a friend bought a biplane and didn’t know how to fly it, Eugene volunteered to try.
Eugene Burton Ely (Williamsburg, 21 oktober 1879 - Macon, 19 oktober 1911) was een luchtvaartpionier, die als eerste van een vliegdekschip opsteeg en landde. Externe link. Naval History Center biography; Zie de categorie Eugene Ely van ...
Vol. 107/1/935. 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. His flying career lasted only 18 months, yet he thrilled thousands and registered several solid achievements which in ...
Crewmen load the Curtiss pusher aircraft in which civilian pilot Eugene Ely made the first take off from a U.S. Navy ship onto the temporary wooden flight deck on board the cruiser Birmingham (CL 2). When Birmingham got underway before noon on November 14, 1910, the plan was to steam into the Chesapeake Bay and, while underway, launch Ely, who ...
21 de oct. de 2012 · Find a Grave Memorial ID: 21535759. Source citation. Naval Aviation Pioneer. He made naval aviation history twice, first by being the first pilot to take off from the deck of a ship in an airplane, and then by being the first pilot to land an airplane onto the deck of a ship a few months later. Ely was born in York Township, near Williamsburg ...
1911-2011. Wreckage of Eugene Ely's plane, after his fatal crash at Macon, Georgia, 19 Oct. 1911. "I think the tail and wings, of this biplane, have the look of a Curtiss aircraft, which I would expect Ely to have been flying at the time.It looks like there is a number 14 on the tail and on another part of the aircraft, so it might not be too ...
Eugene Burton Ely (Williamsburg, Iowa, 21 de outubro de 1886 — Macon, Georgia, 19 de outubro de 1911) foi um pioneiro da aviação. ... Eugene Ely faleceu em 19 de outubro de 1911, enquanto voava em uma exposição em Macon Geórgia quando seu avião caiu.
