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100 years ago

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Posted in Images on November 14th, 2010 by atkinson | FavoriteLoadingAdd to favorites

First airplane takeoff from a warship 700x542 100 years ago

“1910
14 November — First successful launch of an aircraft from a ship, using a temporary wooden platform for a flight deck on the cruiser USS Birmingham.”

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_for_aircraft_carrier_service

(On SciAm, too!)

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4 Responses to 100 years ago

  1. jediadept (UID# 3758) Thumb up 0 Thumb down 0
    November 14, 2010 at 5:46 pm

    Looks like today’s’ “State of the Art” for France.

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  2. mld (UID# 3619) Thumb up 0 Thumb down 0
    November 14, 2010 at 8:30 pm

    Runner up at Red Bull Flugtag #1

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  3. sumosnipe (UID# 4452) Thumb up 0 Thumb down 0
    November 15, 2010 at 2:48 pm

    Crazy Americans. That is never gonna work.

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