| 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
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| 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
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| 1911/01/18 |
Eugene Ely becomes the first person to land an aircraft on a ship, armored cruiser USS Pennsylvania, San Francisco |
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| 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
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| 1911/09/00 |
John Towers establishes the US Navy's first aviation facility at Greenbury Point near Annapolis, Maryland |
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| 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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