| Y/M/D | Description | Place |
|---|---|---|
| 1910/11/14 | Eugene Ely becomes the first person to fly an aircraft off a ship, the scout cruiser USS Birmingham. | Monitor-Merrimac Overlook Park, Hampton |
| 1910/12/00 | US Navy assigns its first pilot, Lt Theodore Gordon Ellyson, to be trained by Curtiss. | Naval Air Station, San Diego, Historic District, San Diego, CA |
| 1911/01/18 | Eugene Ely becomes the first person to land an aircraft on a ship, armored cruiser USS Pennsylvania, San Francisco | |
| 1911/06/27 | John Towers received orders to the Curtiss Flying School. There he became the Navy's third aviator, following TG Ellyson and John Rodgers. | Naval Air Station, San Diego, Historic District, San Diego, CA |
| 1911/09/00 | John Towers establishes the US Navy's first aviation facility at Greenbury Point near Annapolis, Maryland | |
| 1912/00/00 | Navy's Aviation Unit uses North Island as Winter quarters | Naval Air Station, San Diego, Historic District, San Diego, CA |
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